MONITORY


Meaning of MONITORY in English

/mon"i tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj., n., pl. monitories .

adj.

1. serving to admonish or warn; admonitory.

2. giving monition.

n.

3. Also called monitory letter . a letter, as one from a bishop, containing a monition.

[ 1400-50; late ME monitorius reminding, warning, equiv. to moni- (see MONITOR) + -torius -TORY 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .