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revocatory, a. and n.|ˈrɛvəkətərɪ|
[ad. late L. revocātōri-us: see revocate v. So F. révocatoire (1419), Sp., Pg., and It. revocatorio.]
A. adj. Tending or pertaining to, expressive of, revocation; esp. revocatory letters, after med.L. litteræ revocatoriæ.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VII. 405 For diverse of those monkes, knowynge the wille of thabbot, purchasede letters revocatory of the pope. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 437/1 The king..directed his letters reuocatorie into euerie countie. 1590Swinburne Testaments 267 The force and effect of these clauses derogatorie, and reuocatorie. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xii. §67. 683 To these reuocatorie lines King Edward made this wise and noble answere. 1700Tyrrell Hist. Eng. II. 899 The Pope..sent his Revocatory Letters to him. 1878F. A. Kemble Rec. Girlhood II. i. 33 Upon this view of her epistle,..she would (instead of rewriting it) tack on to it..a sort of revocatory codicil, in the shape of a postscript.
†B. n. Revocation. Obs. rare.
1636Abp. Williams Holy Table (1637) 66 To make Declaratories and Revocatories of their Common Law. |