单词 | fundatory |
释义 | fundatoryadj. Now rare. That founds, or has the effect of founding, something; relating to the founding of something. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [adjective] > founding or instituting institutional1617 institutive1628 fundatory1636 instituting1643 founding1903 1636 E. Pagitt Christianographie (ed. 2) iii. 67 The Fundatory Letters, or Statutes of the Foundation of the said Monastery. 1787 A. Highmore Succinct View Hist. Mortmain iv. 174 All fundatory rights arise from the property of the donor. 1789 tr. J.-C. Laveaux Life Frederick II II. 171 ‘As it is certain and admitted,’ says Frederick I. in the fundatory diploma of the academy, [etc.]. 1893 Liberal 11 June 5/1 The treatment he is receiving from us is one which we could expect a fundatory chief alone to submit to. 1961 B. Wood Making of Good Neighbor Policy iv. 124 The fundatory declarations of Hoover have been supported by an agreement of scholars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1636 |
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