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significatory, a. and n.|sɪgˈnɪfɪkətərɪ|
[ad. late L. significātōri-us.]
A. adj. Serving to signify or intimate.
1579Fenton Guicciard. vii. (1599) 288 Cæsar caused to be publikely read the Popes writ, with many other letters significatorie from diuerse places. 1641Wilkins Mercury xx. (1707) 82 These Informations by significatory Fires, have been of Ancient Use. 1663Owen Vind. Animadv. Wks. 1851 XIV. 430 Hadrian..refused to receive him into the society of patriarchs upon his sending of his significatory epistle. 1831Keightley Mythol. 68 His name appears to denote invisibility, significatory of the nature of the realm over which he ruled. 188019th Cent. Sept. 430 The significatory relation between a substantive and its..verb.
B. n. A thing significative. rare.
1660Jer. Taylor Worthy Communicant i. 42 Here being (as in baptisme) a double significatory of the spirit, a word and a signe.., it is certain he will joyn in this ministration. |