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Consolatory

//kənˈsɒl.ət.(ə)ɹ.i// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Which consoles.

    "[…] where in he reporteth of the coragius wordes that were moch consolatory […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    affording comfort or solace wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation.

    "1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 658-662, in Paradise Regain’d […] to which is added Samson Agonistes, London: John Starkey, pp. 43-44, Consolatories writ With studied argument, and much perswasion sought Lenient of grief and anxious thought, But with' afflicted in his pangs thir sound Little prevails,"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English consolatory, from Latin cōnsōlātōrius.

Etymology 2

From Middle English consolatory, from Latin cōnsōlātōrius.

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