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Monitory — Mon i*to*ry, a. [L. monitorius.] Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning. [1913 Webster] Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory and instructive. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
monitory — [män′i tôr΄ē] adj. [LME manyterye < L monitorius < monitor: see MONITOR] giving or containing monition; admonishing n. pl. monitories a monitory writing … English World dictionary
Monitory — Mon i*to*ry, n. Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
monitory — index informatory, ominous, portentous (ominous), presageful, prophetic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
monitory — (adj.) late 15c., from L. monitorius admonishing, from monitus, pp. of monere (see MONITOR (Cf. monitor) (n.)) … Etymology dictionary
monitory — /mon i tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj., n., pl. monitories. adj. 1. serving to admonish or warn; admonitory. 2. giving monition. n. 3. Also called monitory letter. a letter, as one from a bishop, containing a monition. [1400 50; late ME < L monitorius… … Universalium
monitory — /ˈmɒnətəri/ (say monuhtuhree), / tri/ (say tree) adjective 1. serving to admonish or warn; admonitory. 2. giving monition. –noun (plural monitories) Also, monitory letter. 3. a letter, as one from a bishop, containing a monition. {late Middle… …
monitory letter — monitory letter, a monitory; letter containing admonition, sent by the Pope or a bishop … Useful english dictionary
Monitory Democracy — The term monitory democracy is introduced in John Keane’s The Life and Death of Democracy (2009)[1]. It claims that from around 1945 democracy entered a new historical phase[2]. In the age of ‘monitory democracy’, the language and ideals and… … Wikipedia
monitory — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin monitorius, from monēre Date: 15th century giving admonition ; warning II. noun (plural ries) Date: 15th century a letter containing an admonition or warning … New Collegiate Dictionary
