monitory

American  

[mon-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈmɒn ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

1. serving to admonish or warn; admonitory.

2. giving monition.

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noun

plural

monitories

1. Also called monitory letter.  a letter, as one from a bishop, containing a monition.

monitory British  

/ ˈmɒnɪtərɪ, -trɪ /

adjective

1. warning or admonishing

   a monitory look

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noun

1. rare a letter containing a monition

Etymology

Origin of monitory

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin monitōrius reminding, warning, equivalent to moni- ( monitor ) + -tōrius -tory ¹

Example Sentences

The company said an independent data and safety monitory board found that the potential vaccine “did not meet the statistical threshold necessary to declare early success” in the study.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2023

A distinctively American vision is planted throughout the action of “Us,” with an explicit and monitory allusion to the notion of national destiny.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 23, 2019

But I’ve been in the monitory for what feels like ever because TBV did nothing for me.

From New York Times • May 1, 2018

The Third, Foster Wallace wrote, “included such terms as heighth and irregardless without any monitory labels on them.”

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2015

She enquired with friendly interest into my employments and recreations; but she knew me too well to hazard more direct interrogation concerning the effect of her monitory letter.

From Discipline by Brunton, Mary