Definition of Consolatory. Meaning of Consolatory. Synonyms of Consolatory

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Consolatory. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Consolatory and, of course, Consolatory synonyms and on the right images related to the word Consolatory.

Definition of Consolatory

Consolatory
Consolatory Con*sol"a*to*ry, a. [L. consolatorius.] Of a consoling or comforting nature. The punishment of tyrants is a noble and awful act of justice; and it has with truth been said to be consolatory to the human mind. --Burke.
Consolatory
Consolatory Con*sol"a*to*ry, n. That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation. [R.] --Milton.

Meaning of Consolatory from wikipedia

- Seneca's Consolations refers to Seneca’s three consolatory works, De Consolatione ad Marciam, De Consolatione ad Polybium, De Consolatione ad Helviam...
- The consolatio or consolatory oration is a type of ceremonial oratory, typically used rhetorically to comfort mourners at funerals. It was one of the...
- characters, leaving the spectator with a feeling of irresolution that the consolatory ending doesn’t redeem." Vivarelli, Nick (19 October 2023). "James Franco...
- preparing for a blessed death. Holy Dying was the "artistic climax" of a consolatory death literature tradition that had begun with Ars moriendi in the 15th...
- rates—thus suggesting not only that non-solicited affiliation has a consolatory function but also that the spontaneous gesture—more than the protection...
- January 379, but died in childhood, shortly before her mother. In his consolatory oration on Pulcheria, Gregory of Nyssa described her as “a new-sprung...
- with a Winchester Model 1886 and homemade traps while offering them consolatory words. He helps Gordon Freeman intermittently in Ravenholm, giving him...
- conserve their own strength. The KMT enlisted 300 "Khampa bandits" into its Consolatory Commission military in Sichuan, where they were part of the effort of...
- when informed she did not get the part, Paluzzi rejoiced when told her consolatory prize was the part of Fiona Volpe, originally planned to be Fiona Kelly...
- classical antiquity the observation that "all must die" was a topos in consolatory oratory, for in facing death the knowledge that death comes even to great...