a. Obs. [f. CONSTITUTION + -ARY: cf. F. constitutionnaire.]
1. Belonging to or inherent in the constitution; = CONSTITUTIONAL 1.
1660. Fuller, Mixt Contempl., xl. (1841), 204. Constitutionary sins, riveted in our tempers and complexions.
2. Pertaining to a (political) constitution. Of persons: Adhering to the constitution.
1716. M. Davies, Athen. Brit., III. Crit. Hist., 29. Well-meaning Constitutionary Church-Men.
3. Fr. Eccl. Hist. Recognizing the Constitution of Innocent X. in 1653, which condemned the Jansenist doctrines.
1731. Hist. Litteraria, II. 451. Ibid., II. 456. The Constitutionary Bishops, after the Revolt of the Cardinal, had clearly the Ascendant.
