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† ˈditionary, a. and n. Obs.
[f. prec. + -ary.]
A. adj. Under dominion; subject, tributary.
1629Chapman Juvenal v. 180 Now our markets their chief purveyance owe To some remote and ditionary coast.
B. n. One who is under rule; a subject.
1555Eden Decades 18 The ditionaries of Cannaboa. Ibid. 23 All the princes which dwell betwene the Weste ende and his palaice are ditionaries. [1577 Objected to by R. Willes in his re-edition of Eden's Hist. Pref. to Rdr.] |