monitory









monitory


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.

adjective Also: monitorial

  1. warning or admonishinga monitory look

noun plural -ries

  1. rare a letter containing a monition

adj.late 15c., from Latin monitorius “admonishing,” from monitus, past participle of monere (see monitor (n.)).

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