provisionary

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The preamble of this law, standing as it now stands, has the lie direct given to it by the provisionary part of the act: if that can be called provisionary which makes no provision.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

Assembly abolished the constitution of the year III., ordained the provisionary Consulate, and legalized the coup d’�tat in favour of Bonaparte.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various

At three o'clock the imperial dynasty was proclaimed as at an end, and a provisionary government installed.

From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche

Of course it is all provisionary: I do not even know yet what is to be done with you, whether--whether you will stay with me, or go for a while to some school.

From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Schubin, Ossip

Necessity had occasioned the formation of a provisionary school, where the pupils received rapidly the first notions of the attack and defence of places, after which they were sent to the armies.

From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.