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Definitions for monitory
ˈmɒn ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr imon·i·to·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)adjective

    serving to warn

    "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence"

Wiktionary

  1. monitorynoun

    a written letter giving admonition

  2. monitoryadjective

    giving admonition and warning

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Monitoryadjective

    Conveying useful instruction; giving admonition.

    Etymology: monitoire, Fr. monitorius, Lat.

    Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory and instructive. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

    He is so taken up still, in spite of the monitory hint in my essay, with particular men, that he neglects mankind. Alexander Pope.

  2. Monitorynoun

    Admonition; warning.

    A king of Hungary took a bishop in battle, and kept him prisoner; whereupon the pope writ a monitory to him, for that he had broken the privilege of holy church. Francis Bacon.

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  1. monitory

    Monitory generally refers to a warning, caution, or admonishment. It can also denote anything serving to advise or remind. It is usually used in the context of a formal or official warning about something.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Monitoryadjective

    giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning

  2. Monitorynoun

    admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person

  3. Etymology: [L. monitorius.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of monitory in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of monitory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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