Meaning of consolatory | Babel Free

Definitions

That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation.

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Examples

“1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 658-662, in Paradise Regain’d […] to which is added Samson Agonistes, London: John Starkey, pp. 43-44, Consolatories writ With studied argument, and much perswasion sought Lenient of grief and anxious thought, But with' afflicted in his pangs thir sound⟳ Little prevails,”

“How is it possible to imagine⟳, that a woman, who has all these consolatories to reflect⟳ upon, will die⟳ of a broken heart?”

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