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directory - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'directory' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Directory [ a.]
- Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.
2 . Directory [ n.]
- A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book.
- A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory.
- A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic.
- Direction; guide.