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monitory - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'monitory' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Monitory [ a.]
- Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning.
2 . Monitory [ n.]
- Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person.

Meaning of 'monitory' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . monitory [ s]
Meaning (1):
- serving to warn
Example in sentence:
  • an exemplary jail sentence;
  • shook a monitory finger at him