precatory

[ prek-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ˈprɛk əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

of, pertaining to, characterized by, or expressing entreaty or supplication: precatory overtures.

Also prec·a·tive

[prek-uh-tiv] /ˈprɛk ə tɪv/.

Origin of precatory

1630–40; < Late Latin precātōrius, equivalent to Latin precā(rī) to pray, entreat + -tōrius -tory¹

The original form of absolution was “precatory rather than declaratory” (Plummer).

Studies in the Epistle of James |A. T. Robertson
For this reason, recommendatory or precatory words used in a bequest are frequently treated as an express direction.

History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) |Various
Many of the examples quoted by Roman controversialists are not precatory at all, but simply declarative.

The Catacombs of Rome |William Henry Withrow
Still this sense has pleased the editors, and they have made "of goodnesse" a precatory and interjectional expression.

Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853 |Various

The primitive forms of absolution, when confession was made to a priest, were precatory rather than declaratory.

The Expositor's Bible: |Alfred Plummer

precatory

/ (ˈprɛkətərɪ, -trɪ) /

rare of, involving, or expressing entreaty; supplicatory Also: precative (ˈprɛkətɪv)

C17: from Late Latin precātōrius relating to petitions, from Latin precārī to beg, pray