gestatory

adjective /ˈdʒɛstətɔɹi/

1. gestational (pertaining to gestation or pregnancy)

   archaic

2. Capable of being carried or worn.

   obsolete, rare

   The Crowns and Garlands of the Ancients were either Gestatory, such as they wore about their Heads or Necks; Portatory, such as they carried at solemn Festivals; Pensile or Suspensory, such as they hanged about the Posts of their Houses in honour of their Gods, as of Jupiter Thyræus or Limeneus; or else they were Depository, such as they laid upon the Graves and Monuments of the dead.

Where it comes from

From Latin gestatorius (“that serves for carrying”). Compare French gestatoire.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry gestatory (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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