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castigatories

castigatories is the plural of castigatory.

Meaning of castigatory

Noun

castigatory (plural castigatories)

  1. (obsolete) An instrument formerly used to punish and correct women whose behavior was considered unseemly; the ducking stool or trebucket.
    • For which offence she may be indicted; and , if convicted , shall be sentenced to be placed in a certain engine of correction called the trebucket , castigatory, or ducking stool1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

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Questions about castigatories

What is castigatories the plural of?
Castigatories is the plural of castigatory.

Words near castigatories in the dictionary

  1. castigating
  2. castigation
  3. castigations
  4. castigative
  5. castigator
  6. castigatories
  7. castigators
  8. castigatory
  9. Castigliano's method
  10. Castiglione
  11. Castigliones

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