Lĭm'it-a-ry, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. limitaris. See LIMIT.]

Sense 1. Placed at the limit, as a guard. “Proud limitary cherub.” Milton.

Sense 2. Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, &c. “Limitary king.” Pitt. “The limitary ocean.” Trench. “The poor, limitary creature calling himself a man of the world.” De Quincey.