monitory

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmɒnɪtərɪ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈmɑnɪˌtɔri/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mon′i tôr′ē, -tōr′ē)

Inflections of 'monitory' (n): npl: monitories

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
mon•i•to•ry /ˈmɑnɪˌtɔri/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. providing or carrying a warning.
See -mon-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
mon•i•to•ry  (mon′i tôr′ē, -tōr′ē),USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -ries. 
adj. 
  1. serving to admonish or warn;
    admonitory.
  2. giving monition.

n. 
  1. Also called mon′itory let′ter. a letter, as one from a bishop, containing a monition.
  • Latin monitōrius reminding, warning, equivalent. to moni- (see monitor) + -tōrius -tory1
  • late Middle English 1400–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
monitory / ˈmɒnɪtərɪ -trɪ/
also: monitorial
  1. warning or admonishing
 ( -ries)
  1. a letter containing a monition
'monitory' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
admonitory - monitorial - premonitory

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