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mediatory, a.|ˈmiːdɪətərɪ|
[ad. L. type *mediātōri-us, f. mediātor mediator: see -ory.]
Having the function of mediating; pertaining to, or of the nature of, mediation.
1619W. Sclater Exp. 1 Thess. (1630) 51 Christ's actions..were..some Mediatory. 1665J. Spencer Vulg. Proph. 120 The solemn Inauguration of our Saviour to his Mediatory Kingdom. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles iii. 182 The Philosophers' Demons or Mediatorie Lords, which were the original Exemplars of Antichrist's Mediatorie Saints. a1711Ken Christophil Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 447 Our humble King began to rear His Mediatory Realm. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. 51 If the supreme power were lodged..in the king and commons, we should want that circumspection and mediatory caution, which the wisdom of the peers is to afford. 1806G. S. Faber Diss. Prophecies (1814) I. 280 The excessive veneration of supposed mediatory saints and angels. 1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. xxxii. (1859) II. 245 The mediatory agency of latent thoughts in the process of suggestion. 1885L'pool Daily Post 25 Apr. 4/9 Austria and Germany are evincing an increased disposition to dictate terms, but rather of a selfish than a mediatory nature.
¶ Used = mediate a. 1.
1651Biggs New Disp. 169 To avell the pleura or lining of the Thorax from the ribs, which is firmely annexed and immediately adheres unto them, by the mediatory ligation of numerous solid fibres. |