Protreptical

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Adapted to persuade; hortatory; persuasive. obsolete

    "The means used to this purpose are partly didactical, and partly protreptical; demonstrating the truth of the gospel, and then urging the professors of those truths to be stedfast in the faith, and to beware of infidelity."

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"The means used to this purpose are partly didactical, and partly protreptical; demonstrating the truth of the gospel, and then urging the professors of those truths to be stedfast in the faith, and to beware of infidelity."

Etymology

From protreptic + -al.

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