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Gestatory

//ˈdʒɛstətɔɹi// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    gestational (pertaining to gestation or pregnancy) archaic, not-comparable

    "gestatory surrogacy"

  2. 2
    Capable of being carried or worn. not-comparable, obsolete, rare

    "The Crowns and Garlands of the Ancients were either Gestatory, such as they wore about their Heads or Necks; Portatory, such as they carried at solemn Festivals; Pensile or Suspensory, such as they hanged about the Posts of their Houses in honour of their Gods, as of Jupiter Thyræus or Limeneus; or else they were Depository, such as they laid upon the Graves and Monuments of the dead."

Etymology

From Latin gestatorius (“that serves for carrying”). Compare French gestatoire.

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