What does "monitory" mean?
Monitory: Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning. Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory and instructive. L'Estrange.
Additional senses
- 2.Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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