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correctory

correctory adjective: containing or making correction; corrective.

Adjective

correctory (comparative more correctory, superlative most correctory)

  1. (archaic) Containing or making correction; corrective.

Noun

correctory (plural correctories)

  1. Any of the text-forms of the Latin Vulgate resulting from the critical emendation as practiced during the course of the thirteenth century.

Forms of correctory

Adjective
comparativemore correctory
superlativemost correctory
Noun
pluralcorrectories

Origin of correctory

From correct + -ory?

Questions about correctory

What does correctory mean?
Correctory means containing or making correction; corrective.
What part of speech is correctory?
Correctory can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near correctory in the dictionary

  1. corrector magnet
  2. corrector magnets
  3. correctors
  4. correctorship
  5. correctorships
  6. correctory
  7. correctour
  8. correctours
  9. correctress
  10. correctresses
  11. correctrix

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