appellatory/əˈpɛlətəɹi/EtymologyFrom Latin appellātōrius, from appellō.appellatory means Containing or pertaining to a legal appeal. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.adjContaining or pertaining to a legal appeal.“An appellatory libel ought to contain […]the name of the party appellant.”Serving to ask or demand something.“With respect to the supremacy of the Pope, it has not, I believe, been asserted, even by those who possess most facility of assertion, that his interference in the nomination of Bishops, any farther than the form of recognition, or his exercise of an appellatory jurisdiction upon matters relating to discipline, are, in any degree , necessary to the existence or purity of a Catholic hierarchy.”nounA written petition or appeal.“The legates, despairing of success, returned to give an account of their negotiation to the king; and the term of the appeal made by the bishops being almost expired, they took this opportunity of renewing it, and received appellatories from the cardinals, who signified to Becket at the same time, that he should not pass any censure upon the king, prelates, or realm of England, without the pope's ”