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-ory

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an adjective-forming suffix, joined to bases of Latin origin in imitation of borrowed Latin words containing the suffix -tory1 (and its alternant -sory): excretory; sensory; statutory.
Origin:
ME -orie < AF; OF -oire < L -ōrius, extracted from -tōrius -tory 1 ; see -or 2

-ory

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a suffix forming nouns denoting places or receptacles, joined to bases of Latin origin in imitation of borrowed Latin words containing the suffix -tory2 (or its alternant -sory): crematory.
Origin:
ME -orie < AF; OF -oire < L -ōrium, extracted from -tōrium -tory 2 ; see -ory 1 , -or 2
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-ory  
suff.  
  1. Of, relating to, or characterized by: advisory.
  2. A place or thing used for or connected with: crematory.

[Middle English -orie, from Old North French and Anglo-Norman, from Latin -ōrius, adj. suff., and -ōrium, n. suff.]
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-ory

-o*ry\ [L. -orius: cf. F. -oire.]

1. An adjective suffix meaning of or pertaining to, serving for; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amendatory, etc.

2. [L. -orium: cf. F. -oire.] A noun suffix denoting that which pertains to, or serves for; as in ambulatory, that which serves for walking; consistory, factory, etc.
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