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Definition of Abolitionary
1. Adjective. Relating to or favoring abolition, especially abolition of slavery.
Definition of Abolitionary
1. Adjective. Relating to or favoring abolition. ¹
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Definition of Abolitionary
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abolitionary
Literary usage of Abolitionary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1897)
"... taken such an attitude of desperation that the Government is somewhat alarmed,
and seems disposed to pause at the adoption of its abolitionary measures. ..."
2. The Writings of James Madison: Comprising His Public Papers and His Private by James Madison, Gaillard Hunt (1900)
"In the first Congress under the Constitution " The Humane, or abolitionary Society"
of Virginia, composed chiefly, if not wholly, of Quakers, requested him, ..."
3. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1897)
"... taken such an attitude of desperation that the Government is somewhat alarmed,
and seems disposed to pause at the adoption of its abolitionary measures. ..."
4. The Writings of James Madison: Comprising His Public Papers and His Private by James Madison, Gaillard Hunt (1900)
"In the first Congress under the Constitution " The Humane, or abolitionary Society"
of Virginia, composed chiefly, if not wholly, of Quakers, requested him, ..."
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