a. Obs. [ad. L. contiōnāri-us belonging to an assembly: see -ARY1.] = prec.

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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.

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1681.  Nevile, Plato Rediv., 12. There were two sorts of preaching; the one Concionary, which was used by the Apostles and other Missionaries.

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1711.  G. Cary, Phys. Phylactick, 178. As to the Concionary or Doctrinal Part, and Judicial or Discipline.

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