limitary

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Not that I fear, do I decline the fight: You I disdain; let me with Him contend, On whom your limitary powers depend.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Scott, Walter, Sir

He was reminded, however, that his power was limitary, and that he would not be allowed to exceed it.

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas

I never stood much affected to these limitary specialities,—least of all, since the date of my superannuation.

From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Lamb, Charles

The Philippine Commission commenced its functions as the legislative body, with limitary executive powers in addition, on September 1, 1900, the military governor continuing as the Chief Executive until July 4, 1901.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John

Certainly not by a transfer of a notion, and this too a notion of a faculty itself but notional and limitary, to the Supreme Reality.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor