Meaning of patibulary | Babel Free

Definitions

Pertaining to the gallows or hanging.

archaic, humorous

Examples

“Masius […] conceiveth thereby some kind of crucifixion, at least some patibulary affixion after he was slain, and so represented unto the people until toward the evening.”

“And then, when he had finished his supper, he would get out his collection of patibulary treasures, […] the various bits of gallows rope […]”

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