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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