D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Advisory

/ăd-vīz'-ẽr-ē/ · Ad·vi·so·ry · IPA /ædˈvaɪz(ə)ɹi/
01 a. Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory.
  1. 1.
    Having power to advise; containing advice; as, an advisory council; their opinion is merely advisory.
    “The General Association has a general advisory superintendence over all the ministers and churches.” — Trumbull.