† satellitiousadj.

1705 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Nat. Relig. iii. 108 Their satellitious [printed hatellitious] Attendance, their Revolutions about the Sun, [etc.].

1775 ‘Layman’ Strictures on Churches of Rome, Eng. & Scotl. 345 Alas! not kings and potentates alone, Or satellitious danglers round a throne.

1807 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 5 499 A halo of their brilliance may overspread even the satellitious vapours that strive to ornament their course.

1863 Z. Colburn Inq. Nat. Heat 15 If we suppose an atom of hydrogen to be surrounded with atoms of Heat, and an atom of oxygen to possess a like satellitious atmosphere, the combination of the two principal atoms would extrude perhaps one hundred..atoms of Heat.

1915 Amer. & Eng. Annotated Cases XXXV. 427/2 The latter point, it may be here said, has in the concrete case many satellitious corollaries.