judicatory
UK/d͡ʒuːˈdɪkətəɹi/US/d͡ʒuˈdɪkəˌtɔɹi/
judicatory adjective: pertaining to judgement, or to passing a sentence.
Adjective
judicatory (comparative more judicatory, superlative most judicatory)
- Pertaining to judgement, or to passing a sentence.
- judicatory tribunals1869, The Journal of Jurisprudence, volume 13
- power to reject in an authoritative or judicatory way1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Diverse Practical Cases of Conscience
- Synonyms:
- judiciary, judicial, juridic, juridical, juridicial, justiciary
- By which a judgement can be made; decisive, critical.
- To judge of the apparances that we receive of subjects, we had need have a judicatorie instrument: to verifie this instrument we should have demonstration; and to approve demonstration, an instrument; thus are we ever turning round.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
Noun
judicatory (plural judicatories)
- A court or tribunal.
- Holonym: judiciary
- Synonyms:
- court of justice, court of law, court, tribunal
- The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.
- However, when They had ſaid all they could againſt Him, and he all for himſself that need to be ſaid, and no ſuch Crime appearing as the Lords, as the Supreme Court of Judicatory, would take upon them to judge him to be worthy of death, they reſorted to their Legislative Power […]1717, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641, volume 2, Oxford: Printed at the Theater, part 2, book 8, page 572
- Synonyms:
- judicature
judicatory meaning in Tamil
judicatory in Tamil
- சார்ந்த, தீர்ப்புமுறை சார்ந்த
Synonyms of judicatory
- judiciary
- judicial
- juridical
- juridicial
- justiciary
- court of justice
- court of law
- court
- tribunal
- judicature
1 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of judicatory
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more judicatory |
| superlative | most judicatory |
| Noun | |
| plural | judicatories |
Origin of judicatory
From Latin iūdicātōrius.
Questions about judicatory
- What does judicatory mean?
- Judicatory means pertaining to judgement, or to passing a sentence.
- What is judicatory in Tamil?
- Judicatory in Tamil is சார்ந்த, தீர்ப்புமுறை சார்ந்த. See Judicatory meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is judicatory?
- Judicatory can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce judicatory?
- Judicatory is pronounced /d͡ʒuːˈdɪkətəɹi/ (UK).
Words near judicatory in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: judicatory (page history and authors); judicatory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “judicatory.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/judicatory. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.