a. Obs. [ad. L. type *contiōnātori-us: see prec. and -ORY.] Of or belonging to a concionator; pertaining to public speaking.

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1634.  E. Knott (M. Wilson), Charity Maint., I. v. § 20. A Concionatory declamation.

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1651.  Smith, in Fuller’s Abel Rediv., Willet, 575. He … gave them some concionatory exhortations.

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1692.  Beverley, Disc. Dr. Crisp, 10.

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