appellatory

English

Etymology

From Latin appellātōrius, from appellō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈpɛlətəɹi/, /əˈpɛlətɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈpɛləˌtɔɹi/

Adjective

appellatory (not comparable)

1. Containing an appeal.
   • 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:

     An appellatory libel ought to contain […] the name of the party appellant.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “appellatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)