Instructory

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Instruction; curriculum. dated

    "Your vict'ries won—your revolutions ended—Your constitution newly made—and mended—Your fund of wit—your intellectual riches—Plans in the closet—in the senate speeches—Will wake this age of heroes, wits, and sages, The first instructory to the latest ages!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to instruction; instructive; educational. not-comparable

    "A power instructory; to go and teach all nations."

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"A power instructory; to go and teach all nations."

Etymology

From instruct + -ory.

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