Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing or expressing entreaty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Containing or expressing entreaty.
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- adjective obsolete Containing or expressing
entreaty .
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Examples
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In this enunciation, faith is the object of imputation; but Christ and his obedience are the impetratory
The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956
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The chief source of our doctrine, however, is tradition, which from the earliest times declares the impetratory value of the Sacrifice of the Mass.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Consequently, the Mass is the impetratory and propitiatory sacrifice.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Signal as all these benefits are, they are only incidental to the proper effect of prayer due to its impetratory power based on the infallible promise of God, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you" (Matt., vii, 7); "Therefore I say unto you, all things whatsoever you ask when ye pray, believe that you shall receive"
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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In this canon, which gives a summary of all the sacrificial effects in order, the synod emphasizes the propitiatory and impetratory nature of the sacrifice.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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In all these respects the impetratory and expiatory Sacrifice of the Mass is of the greatest utility, both for the living and the dead.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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To each of these three classes corresponds ex opere operato a special fruit of the Mass, whether the same be an impetratory effect of the Sacrifice of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Just as a tiny chip of wood can not within it the whole energy of the sun, so also, and in a still greater degree, is man incapable of converting the boundless value of the impetratory and expiatory sacrifice into an infinite effect for his soul.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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In general the answer may be given: For all those and for those only, who are fitted to participate in the fruits of the Mass as an impetratory, propitiatory, and satisfactory sacrifice.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Wherefore, in practice, the impetratory value of the sacrifice is always as limited as is its propitiatory and satisfactory value.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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