limitary

[ lim-i-ter-ee ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or serving as a limit.
2. Archaic. subject to limits; limited. limited.

limitary

/ -trɪ; ˈlɪmɪtərɪ /

adjective

1. of, involving, or serving as a limit
2. restricted or limited

Word History and Origins

Origin of limitary¹

First recorded in 1610–20; limit + -ary

Example Sentences

From the beginning of the spheres, When systems nebulous out-thrown Drove back the brinks Of nullity with limitary marks, Till end of suns, and sunless death of years, To her are known The unevident inseparable links That bind all deeps, all suns, all days and darks.

From Project Gutenberg

Thou guardest those whom heaven has cursed Lest from their prison-house they burst, And standest by the gates of hell Their limitary sentinel.

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Denison stated that the silence of the Judges for fourteen days after the act was passed,—whatever might have been the cause of that silence—ignorance, indolence, sickness, or corruption,—rendered the most unlawful stretch of power on the part of the council, including the total subversion of all the limitary clauses, binding upon the colony, and if sanctioned by the Queen, through the same ministerial inadvertence or corruption, binding for ever.

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Their eternity was a limitary thing.

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The Philippine Commission commenced its functions as the legislative body, with limitary executive powers in addition, on September 1, 1900, the military governor continuing as the Chief Executive until July 4, 1901.

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