-ory1
/əri/suffix
(Forming nouns) denoting a place for a particular function: dormitory repository
Origin
From Latin -oria, -orium, sometimes via Anglo-Norman French -orie, Old French -oire.
-ory2
/əri/suffix
Forming adjectives (and occasionally nouns) relating to or involving a verbal action: compulsory directory mandatory
Origin
From Latin -orius, sometimes via Anglo-Norman French -ori(e).
- college
- College Board
- college-bound
- College of Arms
- College of Cardinals
- college of education
- College of Heralds
- College Park
- college pudding
- colleger
- College Station
- college try
- collegial
- collegiality
- collegian
- collegiate
- collegiate church
- collegiate Gothic
- collegiately
- collegium
- collegium musicum
- col legno
- Collembola
- collembolan
- collenchyma