The Collaborative International Dictionary
Limitary \Lim"i*ta*ry\, n.; pl. limitaries (l[i^]m"[i^]*t[asl]*r[i^]z).
That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land. [Obs.]
--Fuller.A limiter. See Limiter, 2.
Limitary \Lim"i*ta*ry\ (l[i^]m"[i^]*t[asl]*r[y^]), a. [L. limitaris. See Limit, v. t.]
Placed at the limit, as a guard. ``Proud limitary cherub.''
--Milton.-
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. -
Limiting, or tending to limit; restrictive.
Doctrines limitary, if not subversive of the papal power.
--Milman.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, from Latin limitaris, from limes (genitive limitis); see limit (n.).
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to a limit or boundary. 2 That limits or restricts. 3 Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc.
Usage examples of "limitary".
For a philosopher should not see with the eyes of the poor limitary creature calling himself a man of the world, and filled with narrow and self-regarding prejudices of birth and education, but should look upon himself as a catholic creature, and as standing in equal relation to high and low, to educated and uneducated, to the guilty and the innocent.