a. Obs. [f. L. apprecāt- (see APPRECATE) + -ORY.] Of the nature of praying for a blessing on any one; intercessory.
1633. T. Adams, Exp. 2 Pet. iii. 18. [Glory] is either a praise, or a wish; gratulatory or apprecatory.
1649. Bp. Hall, Cases Consc., III. ix. (1654), 261. The (not so much apprecatory as declaratory) benedictions.
