consultatoryadj.
/kənˈsʌltətəri/ Pertaining to or serving for consultation (e.g. of an oracle, etc.); having the character of consultation or deliberation, consultative.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [adjective] > deliberative or consultative
deliberative?1520
consultative1583
consultatory1600
consultory1619
consultive1620
consulting1796
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [adjective] > as an oracle
consultatory1600
consultory1619
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [adjective] > relating to an oracle > serving for consultation
consultatory1600
consultory1619
1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 80 Here the lot is consultatorie..because they could not tell who it was that had done the deede, they will put it to their Gods.
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1776) 168 Formerly they made consultatory staves of this tree.
1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. II. viii. 173 Their decision would be only consultatory, and have no more weight than royal instructions.
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