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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(now rare, chiefly humorous) Pertaining to the gallows or hanging..
Masius […] conceiveth thereby some kind of crucifixion, at least some patibulary affixion after he was slain, and so represented unto the people until toward the evening.
And then, when he had finished his supper, he would get out his collection of patibulary treasures, […] the various bits of gallows rope […]
Use patibulary when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Patibulary means (now rare, chiefly humorous) Pertaining to the gallows or hanging..
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Masius […] conceiveth thereby some kind of crucifixion, at least some patibulary affixion after he was slain, and so represented unto the people until toward the evening.
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