| -ory suff. 1. Of, relating to, or characterized by: advisory. 2. A place or thing used for or connected with: crematory. [Middle English -orie, from Old North French and Anglo-Norman, from Latin -  rius, adj. suff., and -rium, n. suff.] |
-ory1
suffix forming nouns
1. indicating a place for observatory
2. something having a specified use directory
[via Old French -orie, from Latin -ōrium, -ōria]
-ory2
suffix forming adjectives
of or relating to; characterized by; having the effect of contributory promissory
[via Old French -orie, from Latin -ōrius]
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