provisionary
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She had already taken that provisionary leap into a mythical future which is one of the perfunctory attitudes of maidenhood.
From The Wayfarers by Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting
Necessity had occasioned the formation of a provisionary school, where the pupils received rapidly the first notions of the attack and defence of places, after which they were sent to the armies.
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Francis W. Blagdon
"Fortunately for you, madame, you have never been driven to the necessity of admitting the utility of such provisionary measures."
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Eugène Sue
These laws are based upon old Roman legislation, amended by ecclesiastical enactments brought hither by the Knights, and fortified by provisionary regulations issued by the several Grand Masters, and designed to meet special cases.
From The Story of Malta by Maturin Murray Ballou
At three o'clock the imperial dynasty was proclaimed as at an end, and a provisionary government installed.
From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by Blanche McManus
