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Accessories
Accessory Ac*ces"so*ry, n.; pl. Accessories. 1. That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate. ``The aspect and accessories of a den of banditti.' --Carlyle. 2. (Law) Same as Accessary, n. 3. (Fine Arts) Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts. --Elmes. Syn: Abettor; accomplice; ally; coadjutor. See Abettor.
Ambulatories
Ambulatory Am"bu*la*to*ry, n.; pl. Ambulatories. [Cf. LL. ambulatorium.] (Arch.) A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building.
Armories
Armory Ar"mo*ry, n.; pl. Armories. [OF. armaire, armarie, F. armoire, fr. L. armarium place for keeping arms; but confused with F. armoiries. See Armorial, Ambry.] 1. A place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping. 2. Armor; defensive and offensive arms. Celestial armory, shields, helms, and spears. --Milton. 3. A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords. [U.S.] 4. Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings. --Spenser. 5. That branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor. The science of heraldry, or, more justly speaking, armory, which is but one branch of heraldry, is, without doubt, of very ancient origin. --Cussans.
Categories
Category Cat"e*go*ry, n.; pl. Categories. [L. categoria, Gr. ?, fr. ? to accuse, affirm, predicate; ? down, against + ? to harrangue, assert, fr. ? assembly.] 1. (Logic.) One of the highest classes to which the objects of knowledge or thought can be reduced, and by which they can be arranged in a system; an ultimate or undecomposable conception; a predicament. The categories or predicaments -- the former a Greek word, the latter its literal translation in the Latin language -- were intended by Aristotle and his followers as an enumeration of all things capable of being named; an enumeration by the summa genera i.e., the most extensive classes into which things could be distributed. --J. S. Mill. 2. Class; also, state, condition, or predicament; as, we are both in the same category. There is in modern literature a whole class of writers standing within the same category. --De Quincey.
Conditories
Conditory Con"di*to*ry, n.; pl. Conditories. [L. conditorium, fr. condere to hide. See Recondite.] A repository for holding things; a hinding place.
Contradictories
Contradictory Con`tra*dict"o*ry, n.; pl. Contradictories. 1. A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety. It is common with princes to will contradictories. --Bacon. 2. pl. (Logic) propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity.
Contributories
Contributory Con*trib"u*to*ry, n.; pl. Contributories. One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness. --Abbott.
Crematories
Crematorium Crem`a*to"ri*um (kr?m`?-t?"r?-?m), Crematory Crem"a*to*ry (kr?m"?-t?-r?), n.; pl. Crematoriums (-[u^]mz), Crematories (-r?z). [NL. crematorium, fr. L. cremator.] A furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a furnace.
Desponsories
Desponsory De*spon"so*ry, n.; pl. Desponsories. A written pledge of marriage. --Clarendon.
Directories
Directory Di*rect"o*ry, n.; pl. Directories. 1. A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book. 2. A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory.
Dispensatories
Dispensatory Dis*pen"sa*to*ry, n.; pl. Dispensatories. A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacop[oe]ia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.
Dories
Dory Do"ry, n.; pl. Dories. A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides.
Dormitories
Dormitory Dor"mi*to*ry, n.; pl. Dormitories. [L. dormitorium, fr. dormitorius of or for sleeping, fr. dormire to sleep. See Dormant.] 1. A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school. --Thackeray. 2. A burial place. [Obs.] --Ayliffe. My sister was interred in a very honorable manner in our dormitory, joining to the parish church. --Evelyn.
Feudatories
Feudatory Feu"da*to*ry, n.; pl. Feudatories. A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief. The grantee . . . was styled the feudatory or vassal. --Blackstone. [He] had for feudatories great princes. --J. H. Newman.
Incensories
Incensory In*cen"so*ry (?; 277), n.; pl. Incensories. [LL. incensorium: cf. F. encensoir. See 2d Incense, and cf. Censer.] The vessel in which incense is burned and offered; a censer; a thurible. [R.] --Evelyn.
Infusories
Infusory In*fu"so*ry, n.; pl. Infusories. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Infusoria; -- usually in the pl.
Interrogatories
Interrogatory In`ter*rog"a*to*ry, n.; pl. Interrogatories. [Cf. F. interrogatoire.] A formal question or inquiry; esp. (Law), a question asked in writing. --Macaulay.
Inventories
Inventory In"ven*to*ry, n.; pl. Inventories. [L. inventarium: cf. LL. inventorium, F. inventaire, OF. also inventoire. See Invent.] An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables, with their estimated worth; specifically, the annual account of stock taken in any business. There take an inventory of all I have. --Shak. Syn: List; register; schedule; catalogue. See List.
Invitatories
Invitatory In*vi"ta*to*ry, n.; pl. Invitatories. [LL. invitatorium: cf. F. invitatoire.] That which invites; specifically, the invitatory psalm, or a part of it used in worship.
Ivories
Ivory I"vo*ry, n.; pl. Ivories. [OE. ivori, F. ivoire, fr. L. eboreus made of ivory, fr. ebur, eboris, ivory, cf. Skr. ibha elephant. Cf. Eburnean.]
Laboratories
Laboratory Lab"o*ra*to*ry, n.; pl. Laboratories. [Shortened fr. elaboratory; cf. OF. elaboratoire, F. laboratoire. See Elaborate, Labor.] [Formerly written also elaboratory.] The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile.
Lavatories
Lavatory Lav"a*to*ry, n.; pl. Lavatories. [L. lavatorium: cf. lavatoire. See Lave to wash, and cf. Laver.] 1. A place for washing. 2. A basin or other vessel for washing in. 3. A wash or lotion for a diseased part. 4. A place where gold is obtained by washing.
Lories
Lory Lo"ry, n.; pl. Lories. [Hind. & Malay. l[=u]r[=i], n[=u]r[=i].] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of many species of small parrots of the family Trichoglossid[ae], generally having the tongue papillose at the tip, and the mandibles straighter and less toothed than in common parrots. They are found in the East Indies, Australia, New Guinea, and the adjacent islands. They feed mostly on soft fruits and on the honey of flowers. Note: The lory, or louri, of South Africa is the white-crested plantain eater or turacou. See Turacou.
Observatories
Observatory Ob*serv"a*to*ry, n.; pl. Observatories. [Cf. F. observatoire.] 1. A place or building for making observations on the heavenly bodies. The new observatory in Greenwich Park. --Evelyn. 2. A building fitted with instruments for making systematic observations of any particular class or series of natural phenomena. 3. A place, as an elevated chamber, from which a view may be observed or commanded. 4. (Mil.) A lookout on a flank of a battery whence an officer can note the range and effect of the fire. --Farrow.
Offertories
Offertory Of"fer*to*ry, n.; pl. Offertories . [L. offertorium the place to which offerings were brought, in LL. offertory: cf.F. offertoire.] 1. The act of offering, or the thing offered. [Obs. or R.] --Bacon. Bp. Fell. 2. (R.C.Ch.) (a) An anthem chanted, or a voluntary played on the organ, during the offering and first part of the Mass. (b) That part of the Mass which the priest reads before uncovering the chalice to offer up the elements for consecration. (c) The oblation of the elements. 3. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) (a) The Scripture sentences said or sung during the collection of the offerings. (b) The offerings themselves.
Olfactories
Olfactory Ol*fac"to*ry, n.; pl. Olfactories. An olfactory organ; also, the sense of smell; -- usually in the plural.
Oratories
Oratory Or"a*to*ry, n.; pl. Oratories. [OE. oratorie, fr. L. oratorium, fr. oratorius of praying, of an orator: cf. F. oratoire. See Orator, Oral, and cf. Oratorio.] A place of orisons, or prayer; especially, a chapel or small room set apart for private devotions. An oratory [temple] . . . in worship of Dian. --Chaucer. Do not omit thy prayers for want of a good oratory, or place to pray in. --Jer. Taylor. Fathers of the Oratory (R. C. Ch.), a society of priests founded by St. Philip Neri, living in community, and not bound by a special vow. The members are called also oratorians.
Pillories
Pillory Pil"lo*ry, n.; pl. Pillories. [F. pilori; cf. Pr. espitlori, LL. piloricum, pilloricum, pellericum, pellorium, pilorium, spilorium; perhaps from a derivative of L. speculari to look around, observe. Cf. Speculate.] A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it. --Shak.
Preceptories
Preceptory Pre*cep"to*ry, n.; pl. Preceptories. [LL. praeceptoria an estate assigned to a preceptor, from L. praeceptor a commander, ruler, teacher, in LL., procurator, administrator among the Knights Templars. See Preceptor.] A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See Commandery, n., 2.
Preservatories
Preservatory Pre*serv"a*to*ry, n.; pl. Preservatories. 1. A preservative. [Obs.] --Whitlock. 2. A room, or apparatus, in which perishable things, as fruit, vegetables, etc., can be preserved without decay.

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