a. Also 7 -orie. [f. EMANCIPATE v. + -ORY.] That has the function or the effect of emancipating.
1652. Urquhart, Jewel, Wks. (1834), 232. He [Crichtoun] … did meerly undergo that emancipatorie task … to give an evident, or rather infallible demonstration.
1836. Fraser’s Mag., XIII. Feb., 182/1. The emancipatory bill of twenty-nine.
1887. Pall Mall Gaz., 30 June, 4/2. Describing the Crimes Bill as an emancipatory measure.
