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-ory definition

-ory (ôr′ē, ōr′ē, ər ē)

  1. Etymology: ME -orie < OFr -oire < L -orius, -oria, -orium

    of, having the nature of sensory, valedictory

  2. Etymology: ME -orie < OFr -oire, -orie < L -orium

    a place or thing for crematory

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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