consultoryadj.
/kənˈsʌltəri/ Now rare or Obsolete.
Relating to consultation (e.g. of an oracle, etc.); having the function of consulting or advising; consultatory.
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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
1619 T. Gataker Of Nature & Use Lots x. 269 Diuinatorie Lots; vnder which head may we well comprehend also those that they call consultorie.
1649 C. Walker Anarchia Anglicana ii. 115 Whether they should continue the House of Lords as a Court Judicatory, or consultory onely.
1710 Brit. Apollo 3 65 Of these Lots there are three Kinds usually mentioned by Divines, viz. Divisory, Consultory and Divinatory.
1818 C. Mills Hist. Crusades (1821) II. 303 He requested the consultory assistance of advocates.
1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 133/1 Consultary response, the opinion of a court of law on a special case.
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adj.1619