adjective
- serving to admonish or warn; admonitory.
- giving monition.
noun, plural mon·i·to·ries.
- Also called monitory letter. a letter, as one from a bishop, containing a monition.
adjective Also: monitorial
- warning or admonishinga monitory look
noun plural -ries
- rare a letter containing a monition
adj.late 15c., from Latin monitorius “admonishing,” from monitus, past participle of monere (see monitor (n.)).