monitory

[ mon-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
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adjective
  1. serving to admonish or warn; admonitory.

  2. giving monition.

noun,plural mon·i·to·ries.
  1. Also called monitory letter. a letter, as one from a bishop, containing a monition.

Origin of monitory

1
1400–50; late Middle English <Latin monitōrius reminding, warning, equivalent to moni- (see monitor) + -tōrius-tory1

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British Dictionary definitions for monitory

monitory

/ (ˈmɒnɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /


adjectiveAlso: monitorial
  1. warning or admonishing: a monitory look

nounplural -ries
  1. rare a letter containing a monition

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