IMPETRATORY

Adjective

impetratory (comparative more impetratory, superlative most impetratory)

(obsolete) Containing or expressing entreaty.

It follows then that the celebration of this sacrifice be, in its proportion, an instrument of applying the proper sacrifice to all the purposes for which it was first designed. It is ministerially, and by application, an instrument propitiatory; it is eucharistical; it is an homage and an act of adoration, and it is impetratory, and obtains for us and for the whole church, all the benefits of the sacrifice, which is now celebrated and applied... -- Jeremy Taylor, Discourse XLX, 4

Source: Wiktionary


Im"pe*tra*to*ry, a.

Definition: Containing or expressing entreaty. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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