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obsignatory, a. Now rare.|əbˈsɪgnətərɪ|
[f. L. obsignātor a sealer, or obsignāt-, ppl. stem of obsignāre to obsign: see -ory.]
Having the function of, or pertaining to, obsignation; ratifying or confirming as with a seal.
1630S. Ward in Ussher's Lett. (1686) 438 Most of our Divines do make..all Sacraments to be meerly Obsignatory Signs. 1693R. Fleming Disc. Earthquakes 121 No Contemplation can speak the Power of that Evidence..when in an obsignatory way this is given unto the Soul. 1890Guardian 26 Mar. 512 What may be called the ‘obsignatory’ view of sacramental operation.
Hence obˈsignatorily adv.
1630W. Bedell in Ussher's Lett. (1686) 445 If you will aver that Baptism washes away otherwise than sacramentally, that is, obsignatorily original Sin. |