a. [f. ABOLITION + -ARY.] Dealing with abolition or annihilation; destructive.
1832. Christian Observer, V. May, 367. These orders were not perfect, and they were only meliorative, not abolitionary; but they were so far useful and efficient, that the advocates of the West-India interest declared, if they were carried into effect, there was an end to slavery in every thing but the name.
1868. Aug. Boboruikin, Nih. in Russia, in Fortn. Rev., IV. (N.S.), 133. If he is a Nihilist, he should profess exclusively negative and abolitionary doctrines.
