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† deˈvotionary, a. and n. Obs.
[f. devotion n. + -ary1.]
A. adj. Pertaining to (religious) devotion; devotional.
1631J. Burges Answ. Rejoined App. 108 Such priuate deuotionary prayers. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 219 The first Popish..Confessor..that liv'd in Private Families, and regulated their Devotionary Conduct. 1808Southey Lett. fr. Spain I. 264 This was a fashionable devotionary receipt.
B. n. A person characterized by religious devotion; = devotee 2.
1660Waterhouse Arms & Arm. 116 [They] haue rifled Academies, and disbanded Convents of Devotionaries. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams ii. (1692) 51 A crew of bawds and gamesters might have set up a standing with less prejudice than these devotionaries.
b. gen. One devoted or addicted to something; = devotee 1.
1671True Nonconf. 26 The great Devotionaries of ease. |