correctory

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adjective

Containing or making correction; corrective.

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Meanings

adjectivecorrectory (comparative more correctory, superlative most correctory)

comparative more correctory · superlative most correctory

  1. archaicContaining or making correction; corrective.
nouncorrectory (plural correctories)

plural correctories

  1. Any of the text-forms of the Latin Vulgate resulting from the critical emendation as practiced during the course of the thirteenth century.

Origin

From correct + -ory?

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APA

correctory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correctory

MLA

“correctory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correctory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “correctory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correctory.

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