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libationary en · ADJ

Etymology

From libation + -ary.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to, or involving, a libation.
    • libationary rituals
    • Now it is true that the Massachusetts legislature has passed laws to protect the citizenry from the unlicensed sale of soda pop. […] It is also true that Massachusetts still maintains Sunday laws, regulating those impious individuals who would lure us away, with dance or drink, from our regular weekly church services. […] And it surely comes as no surprise that a state which passes laws governing libationary activity might also seek to control sexual activity. 1982 August 14, Larry Goldsmith, “The Great Soda Pop Scandal: Vice Beneath the Palm Tree”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 3: