sportulary

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sportulary (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions.
    • 1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience:
      Hereupon it is, that these sportulary preachers are fain to sooth up their many masters […]
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