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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(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil


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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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