D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Monitory

· Mon·i·to·ry · IPA
01 a. Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning.
  1. 1.
    Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning.
    “Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory and instructive.” L'Estrange.
02 n. Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person.
  1. 1.
    Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person.