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Petitionary

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    supplicatory or asking; making a petition not-comparable

    "I have been blown out of your gates with sighs; and conjure thee to pardon Rome and thy petitionary countrymen."

  2. 2
    Containing a petition, or having the nature of a petition. not-comparable

    "August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift petitionary epistles"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of the nature of or expressing a petition wordnet

Etymology

From petition + -ary. Doublet of petitioner.

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