substitutoryadj.

1664 J. Howell tr. J. Nadányi Florus Hungaricus iv. 226 This afforded an occasion to Michael's Restitution, who being dismist from Prague with a substitutory Command and Power [L. Haec Michaeli cui Pragae mora injecta erat restitutionis causa],..engaged Sigismund.

1796 A. Anstruther Rep. Cases Court of Exchequer IX. 98 The gift which follows the bequest is of something further, in case the Testator should not have that specific stock; and is entirely substitutory, and does not affect the nature of the specific bequest.

1837 Morning Herald (N.Y.) 6 Oct. Mr. Rives' bill to reconstruct the State bank then came up as a substitutory amendment.

1863 O. Ogle Responsions Exam. 8 In Arithmetic and Algebra, second Papers would partake both of a supplemental and substitutory character.

1894 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 6 Oct. 3/2 The winter varieties of both barley and oats..might..be made substitutory crops for wheat.

1953 Speculum 28 457 The singers had available from pre-Christian tradition..a large number of expressions ready to take off the rack, available as substitutory epithets for the Deity.

2003 A. Unal tr. İ. Büyükçelebi Living in Shade of Islam iii. 262 If sick people recover after having sent someone in their place..most scholars opine that the recovered people still must perform Hajj, for a ‘substitutory’ Hajj is not enough.