additionary

adj

additionary

adj

UK /əˈdɪʃənəɹi/ · US /əˈdɪʃənɛɹi/

Etymology From addition + -ary.

1

Synonym of additional.

  • The countrey parson […] stands fast in 'the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free' [Galatians v. 1]. This liberty he compasseth by one distinction, and that is of what is necessary and what is additionary.a. 1634 (date written; published 1652), George Herbert, “A Priest to the Temple, or The Countrey Parson His Character, and Rule of Holy Life”, in Alexander B[alloch] Grosart, editor, The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of George Herbert. […] (The Fuller Worthies’ Library), volume III (Prose), London: […] [Robson and Sons] for private circulation, published 1874, →OCLC, chapter XXXI (The Parson in Liberty), page 193:

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