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dictatorie

dictatorie is the archaic spelling of dictatory.

Meaning of dictatory

Adjective

dictatory (comparative more dictatory, superlative most dictatory)

  1. Exessively strict.
    • [B]ut rather, as I hope, for that our Engliſh, the language of men ever famous, and formoſt in the atchievements of liberty, will not eaſily finde ſervile letters anow to ſpell ſuch a dictatorie preſumption Engliſh.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 8

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Forms of dictatorie

comparativemore dictatorie
superlativemost dictatorie

Questions about dictatorie

What is dictatorie the archaic spelling of?
Dictatorie is the archaic spelling of dictatory.

Words near dictatorie in the dictionary

  1. dictatorialism
  2. dictatoriality
  3. dictatorially
  4. dictatorialness
  5. dictatorian
  6. dictatorie
  7. dictatories
  8. dictatorless
  9. dictatorlike
  10. dictators
  11. dictatorship

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