a. Obs. [ad. L. contiōnāri-us belonging to an assembly: see -ARY1.] = prec.
a. 1654. Selden, Table-t. (Arb.), 73. There be four things a Minister should be at, the Conscionary part, Ecclesiastical story, School Divinity, and the Casuists. In the Conscionary part he must read all the Chief Fathers, both Latine and Greeke wholly.
1681. Nevile, Plato Rediv., 12. There were two sorts of preaching; the one Concionary, which was used by the Apostles and other Missionaries.
1711. G. Cary, Phys. Phylactick, 178. As to the Concionary or Doctrinal Part, and Judicial or Discipline.