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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
precatory /ˈprɛkət(ə)ri/

▶adjective formal relating to or expressing a wish or request.

■ Law (in a will) expressing a wish or request of the testator but not necessarily binding.

– origin C17: from late L. precatorius, from precat-, precari ‘pray’.

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