Definition of monitory in English:
monitory
adjective ˈmɒnɪt(ə)riˈmɑnəˌtɔri
rare Giving or serving as a warning.
the chill, monitory wail of an air-raid siren
Example sentencesExamples
- O'Harra blew into his great, silver monitory horn, and it was a sound of relatively high pitch that all those in Stanton knew well to be wary of.
- Oliver Twist draws most overtly on the model of the didactic tracts by providing negative monitory examples.
- One of South Africa's leading vehicle tracking companies with Namibia's largest and technically most advanced alarm monitory and response company.
- A new liberty will arise, so the monitory promise goes, not in any freedom from constraints too subtle for the hungry to perceive, but in class consciousness.
- The study of history, Carlyle insists, is monitory.
nounPlural monitories ˈmɒnɪt(ə)riˈmɑnəˌtɔri
(in church use) a letter of admonition from the Pope or a bishop.
Definition of monitory in US English:
monitory
adjectiveˈmɑnəˌtɔriˈmänəˌtôrē
rare Giving or serving as a warning.
the monitory wail of an air-raid siren
Example sentencesExamples
- The study of history, Carlyle insists, is monitory.
- Oliver Twist draws most overtly on the model of the didactic tracts by providing negative monitory examples.
- One of South Africa's leading vehicle tracking companies with Namibia's largest and technically most advanced alarm monitory and response company.
- A new liberty will arise, so the monitory promise goes, not in any freedom from constraints too subtle for the hungry to perceive, but in class consciousness.
- O'Harra blew into his great, silver monitory horn, and it was a sound of relatively high pitch that all those in Stanton knew well to be wary of.
nounˈmɑnəˌtɔriˈmänəˌtôrē
(in church use) a letter of admonition from the Pope or a bishop.