limitary
Example Sentences
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I never stood much affected to these limitary specialities,—least of all, since the date of my superannuation.
From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb
He was reminded, however, that his power was limitary, and that he would not be allowed to exceed it.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright
Thou guardest those whom heaven has cursed Lest from their prison-house they burst, And standest by the gates of hell Their limitary sentinel.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
Certainly not by a transfer of a notion, and this too a notion of a faculty itself but notional and limitary, to the Supreme Reality.
From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Philippine Commission commenced its functions as the legislative body, with limitary executive powers in addition, on September 1, 1900, the military governor continuing as the Chief Executive until July 4, 1901.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
