giving or containing monition; admonishing
Origin of monitory
Late Middle English manyterye from Classical Latin monitorius from monitor: see monitornoun
pl. -·ries a monitory writing
monitory
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monitory
adjective
Conveying an admonition or a warning: a monitory glance.
noun
pl. mon·i·to·riesA letter of admonition, such as one from a bishop or ecclesiastical court.
Origin of monitory
Middle English monitorie letter of admonition, admonitory from Medieval Latin monitōria admonition from feminine of Latin monitōrius monitory from monitor monitor ; see monitor .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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