Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

declinatory

/dɪˈklɪnətɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-cli-na-to-ry
IPA: /dɪˈklɪnətɹi/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.

Obsolete

noun

A declination or refusal.

Obsolete

noun

Synonym of declinator (“instrument for measuring declination”).

Example Sentences

"[…] that the prisoner should first be arraigned, and might either then claim his benefit of clergy, by way of declinatory plea, or after conviction by way of arresting judgment."
"Declinatory exceptions do not tend to defeat the demand, but only to decline the jurisdiction of the judge before whom it is brought."
"That case, like the present one, involved a declinatory exception by the respondent State when it was sued for fees for legal services and for an accounting."

Etymology

From Latin declinatorius, from declinare: compare French déclinatoire.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: declinatorius

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /dɪˈklɪnətɹi/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

declinatories (plural)

Phrases

declinatory plea

Frequently Paired Words

declinatory plea

Synonyms

declinator

Questions

How do you pronounce declinatory?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈklɪnətɹi/.
What does declinatory mean?: Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence.
Where does declinatory come from?: It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce declinatory

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