/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 ]