a. rare. [ad. late L. jaculātōri-us, f. ppl. stem of jaculārī to dart, throw, JACULATE: cf. F. jaculatoire (16–17th c. in Godef., Compl.).] Pertaining to throwing or darting; that is thrown or darted.
1616. Bullokar, Iaculatory, that which is suddenly cast from one, like a dart.
1795–8. T. Maurice, Hindostan (1819), III. V. iv. 242. The foe … having formed no conception of the jaculatory strength of those engines,… retired in confusion.
† b. Jaculatory prayer, a short prayer ‘darted up’ to God (L. preces jaculatoriæ (Jerome); F. oraison jaculatoire). Obs. Cf. EJACULATORY 3.
1624. Bp. Mountagu, Immed. Addr., 34.
1626. T. H[awkins], trans. Caussin’s Holy Crt., 333. Learne a little to talke with God by iaculatory prayers.
1649. Jer. Taylor, Gt. Exemp., II. Disc. xi. 150. We may be very much helped by iaculatory prayers and short breathings.
