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Webster 1913 Edition


Allusory

Al-lu′so-ry

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Adj.
Allusive.
[R.]
Warburton.

Definition 2024


allusory

allusory

English

Adjective

allusory (comparative more allusory, superlative most allusory)

  1. 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.