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mon·i·to·ry  audio  (mn-tôr, -tr) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Conveying an admonition or a warning: a monitory glance.
NOUN:
pl. mon·i·to·ries
A letter of admonition, such as one from a bishop or an ecclesiastical court.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English monitorie, letter of admonition, admonitory, from Medieval Latin monitria, admonition, from feminine of Latin monitrius, monitory, from monitor, monitor ; see monitor


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