osculatory

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OS'CULATORY, adjective An osculatory circle, in geometry, is a circle having the same curvature with any curve at any given point. OS'CULATORY, noun In church history, a tablet or board, with the picture of Christ or the virgin, etc. which is kissed by the priest and then delivered to the people for the same purpose.
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