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Petitionary meaning

  1. supplicatory or asking; making a petition
  2. Containing a petition, or having the nature of a petition.

Synonyms of Petitionary

beseeching

Related words

Other words often associated with Petitionary or its synonyms:

precative mendicant imploring supplicant pleading imperative appealing suppliant

Using Petitionary

  • The main meaning on this page is: supplicatory or asking; making a petition | Containing a petition, or having the nature of a petition.
  • Useful related words include: beseeching.
  • In the example corpus, petitionary often appears in combinations such as: the petitionary, petitionary clauses.

Context around Petitionary

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 36 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

clauses 2×

Sentence patterns with Petitionary

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

setting the petitionary clauses such 1× to the petitionary clauses from 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a special feature 1× byrd evolved a 1×

Common sentence endings:

1591 cantiones sacrae 1× of the texts 1×

Words around Petitionary

Just before it in the word index:

petition 2.514 petitio 2 petites 7 petite 135 petitcodiac 6 petit 183

Just after it in the word index:

petitioned 220 petitioner 257 petitioners 209 petitioning 74 petitions 560 petitjean 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadujeevitham 7 aani 7 aarne 7 aasb 7 aasen 7 aashiqui 7

Corpus analysis for Petitionary

  • In this selection, "petitionary" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 36 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, clauses stand out and add context to how "petitionary" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include setting the petitionary clauses such and to the petitionary clauses from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "petitionary" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with petitionary

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Byrd evolved a special "cell" technique for setting the petitionary clauses such as miserere mei or libera nos Domine which form the focal point for a number of the texts. (30 words)

A special feature of the four-part and five-part Masses is Byrd's treatment of the Agnus Dei, which employ the technique which Byrd had previously applied to the petitionary clauses from the motets of the 1589 and 1591 Cantiones sacrae. (42 words)

Longer example sentences

A special feature of the four-part and five-part Masses is Byrd's treatment of the Agnus Dei, which employ the technique which Byrd had previously applied to the petitionary clauses from the motets of the 1589 and 1591 Cantiones sacrae. (42 words)

Byrd evolved a special "cell" technique for setting the petitionary clauses such as miserere mei or libera nos Domine which form the focal point for a number of the texts. (30 words)

Example sentences (2)

A special feature of the four-part and five-part Masses is Byrd's treatment of the Agnus Dei, which employ the technique which Byrd had previously applied to the petitionary clauses from the motets of the 1589 and 1591 Cantiones sacrae.

Byrd evolved a special "cell" technique for setting the petitionary clauses such as miserere mei or libera nos Domine which form the focal point for a number of the texts.

Common combinations with petitionary

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "petitionary" in a sentence?
An example: "A special feature of the four-part and five-part Masses is Byrd's treatment of the Agnus Dei, which employ the technique which Byrd had previously applied to the petitionary clauses from the motets of the 1589 and 1591 Cantiones sacrae." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "petitionary" from authentic English texts.
What does "petitionary" mean?
Petitionary means: supplicatory or asking; making a petition
What are synonyms of "petitionary"?
Common synonyms of "petitionary" include: beseeching.
How many example sentences with "petitionary" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "petitionary", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.