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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Contributaryadjective

    Paying tribute to the same sovereign.

    Etymology: from con and tributary.

    Thus we are engaged in the objects of geometry and arithmetick; yea, the whole mathematicks must be contributary, and to them all nature pays a subsidy. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps. c. 25.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Contributaryadjective

    contributory

  2. Contributaryadjective

    tributary; contributing

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of contributary in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of contributary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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