a. Obs.1 [f. as prec. + -IVE.] = CONCIONATORY.

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1852.  N. Brit. Rev., XVII. 241–2. The English Sunday service is mainly ritualistic; the Scotch is mainly concionative. In England the church-going bell calls the people together to worship: Scotland clusters its people to hear a preachment.

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1864.  in Webster.

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