单词 | gratulatory |
释义 | gratulatoryadj.n. 1. a. Expressing joy or gratification for the good fortune, etc. of another; conveying gratulation; congratulatory, complimentary. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > [adjective] congratulatory1523 gratulatory1577 complementing1627 gratulinga1640 congratulating1651 applaudatory1660 congratulant1667 congratulational1827 congratulative1848 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. x. i. 184 The..sermon gratulatorie of ye repayring of the churches. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman x. 92 His gratulatorie verse to King Henrie vpon his Coronation day. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 795 He was entertained with gratulatory acclamations. 1763 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 4 Jan. (1932) (modernized text) VI. 2465 I take it for granted that some of your many tributary wits have already presented you with gratulatory poems. 1867 F. Parkham Jesuits N. Amer. (1875) vi. 68 He gave an outcry of delight, echoed by gratulatory cries from all present. 1871 Daily Tel. 14 Sept. Lord Derby could hardly use other than gratulatory language to an audience of great manufacturers. He therefore felicitated them on the material prosperity of the present year. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > [adjective] > bearing congratulations gratulatory1655 1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 195 The Gratulatory Ambassador to the new Pope. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > [adjective] > expressing gratitude gratulatory1563 acknowledging1603 society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [adjective] > in thanksgiving gratulatory1563 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1204/1 The sacrifice of the churche is no propiciatorie sacrifice, but a gratulatorie sacrifice. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 100 A gratulatorie letter, that is, an Epistle of thankes. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 40 The Psalme hath a Deprecatory part..and a Postulatory part..and a Gratulatory part, a sacrifice of thankesgiving. 1671 A. Seller Devout Communicant 198 Let me do something gratulatory..let me give my self a thank-offering to him. 1675 L. Addison Present State Jews (1676) 121 They make a gratulatory Oration unto God, for that he has been pleased to assist and accept their Services. 1739 D. Waterland Sacram. Part Eucharist in Wks. (1823) VIII. 263 Whereas formerly he had disowned any propitiatory sacrifice, content with gratulatory, after the Protestant way. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > [noun] > an instance or expression of gratulation1614 to give a person the parabien of1622 congratulation1632 joya1641 congratulatory1680 gratulatory1744 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 285 The chief Failing, that appeared in him, was an over Repetition of Gratulatories and Compliments. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1563 |
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