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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPORTULARY

a.[L., a basket, an alms-basket.] Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPORTULA

Spor "tu *la, n.; pl. Sportulæ (. Etym: [L.]

 

Defn: A gift; a present; a prize; hence, an alms; a largess. To feed luxuriously, to frequent sports and theaters, to run for the sportula. South.

 

SPORTULARY

SPORTULARY Spor "tu *la *ry, a.

 

Defn: Subsisting on alms or charitable contributions. [Obs. ] Bp. Hall.