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Webster 1913 Edition
Allusory
Al-lu′so-ry
,Adj.
Allusive.
[R.]
Warburton.
Definition 2024
allusory
allusory
English
Adjective
allusory (comparative more allusory, superlative most allusory)
- allusive; making allusion
- William Warburton
- But those Sects, who oppose the doctrine of a real redemption, have always striven to evade the notion of a real sacrifice; as that on which the doctrine of Redemption is founded; upon pretence, that the scripture expressions of Christ's sacrifice were only figurative and allusory.
- William Warburton