Lim"i*ta*ry (l&ibreve;m"&ibreve;*t&asl;*r&ybreve;),
a. [L. limitaris. See Limit ,
v. t.] 1. Placed at the limit,
as a guard. "Proud limitary cherub." Milton.
2. Confined within limits; limited in extent,
authority, power, etc. "The limitary ocean."
Trench.
The poor, limitary creature calling himself a
man of the world.
De Quincey.
3. Limiting, or tending to limit;
restrictive.
Doctrines limitary, if not subversive of the
papal power.
Milman.
Lim"i*ta*ry, n.; pl. -
ries (-r&ibreve;z). 1. That which
serves to limit; a boundary; border land. [Obs.]
Fuller.
2. A limiter. See Limiter,
2.
