educatory

American  

[ej-oo-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈɛdʒ ʊ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

1. educative.

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educatory British  

/ ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪtərɪ, -trɪ, -trɪ, ˈɛdjʊkətərɪ /

adjective

1. educative or educational

   an educatory procedure

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Other Word Forms

• noneducatory adjective

Etymology

Origin of educatory

First recorded in 1835–45; educate + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

“It needed to be affordable for consumers and something that’s an educatory gin. Something that had a traditional element, but tells the story of London Dry Gin and London’s history with gin.”

From Forbes

In other days, the canvass which preceded elections was educatory.

From Project Gutenberg

Significance of beauty in making home attractive and useful in education—Exemplification of economical and tasteful furniture—The carpet, lounge, lambrequins, curtains, ottomans, easy-chair, centre-table—Money left for pictures—Chromes—Pretty frames— Engravings—Statuettes—Educatory influence of works of art—Natural adornments—Materials in the woods and fields—Parlor-gardens—Hanging baskets—Fern-shields—Ivy, its beauty and tractableness—Window, with flowers, vines, and pretty plants—Rustic stand for flowers—Ward's case—How to make it economically—Bowls and vases of rustic work for growing plants—Ferns, how and when to gather them—General remarks.

From Project Gutenberg