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Definitions for monitory
ˈmɒn ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr imon·i·to·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)adjective
serving to warn
"shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence"
Wiktionary
monitorynoun
a written letter giving admonition
monitoryadjective
giving admonition and warning
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
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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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
Monitoryadjective
giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning
Monitorynoun
admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person
Etymology: [L. monitorius.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of monitory in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of monitory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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