Definition of Abolitionary

1. Adjective. Relating to or favoring abolition, especially abolition of slavery.

Partainyms: Abolition
Derivative terms: Abolition

Definition of Abolitionary

1. Adjective. Relating to or favoring abolition. ¹

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Definition of Abolitionary

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abolitionary

aboiteaus
aboiteaux
abolement
abolements
abolish
abolishable
abolished
abolisher
abolishers
abolishes
abolishing
abolishment
abolishments
abolisht
abolition
abolitionary (current term)
abolitiondom
abolitiondoms
abolitionism
abolitionisms
abolitionist
abolitionistic
abolitionists
abolitionize
abolitionized
abolitionizes
abolitionizing
abolitions
abolla
abollae

Literary usage of Abolitionary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1897)
"... taken such an attitude of desperation that the Government is somewhat alarmed, and seems disposed to pause at the adoption of its abolitionary measures. ..."

2. The Writings of James Madison: Comprising His Public Papers and His Private by James Madison, Gaillard Hunt (1900)
"In the first Congress under the Constitution " The Humane, or abolitionary Society" of Virginia, composed chiefly, if not wholly, of Quakers, requested him, ..."

3. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1897)
"... taken such an attitude of desperation that the Government is somewhat alarmed, and seems disposed to pause at the adoption of its abolitionary measures. ..."

4. The Writings of James Madison: Comprising His Public Papers and His Private by James Madison, Gaillard Hunt (1900)
"In the first Congress under the Constitution " The Humane, or abolitionary Society" of Virginia, composed chiefly, if not wholly, of Quakers, requested him, ..."

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