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-ory

-o-ry

s
uff.
[L.
-orius
: cf. F.
-oire
.]
1.
An adjective suffix meaning
of
or
pertaining to
,
serving for
; as in auditory, pertaining to or serving for hearing; prohibitory, amendatory, etc.
2.
[L.
-orium
: cf. F.
-oire
.]
A noun suffix denoting
that which pertains to
, or serves for; as in ambulatory, that which serves for walking; consistory, factory, etc.

Definition 2024

-ory

-ory

English

Suffix

-ory

  1. of or pertaining to, serving for; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns but also verbs, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also[1]
    excrete and excretory, sense and sensory, statute and statutory.
  2. that which pertains to, or serves for; noun suffix appended to various words[2]
    ambulatory, dormitory, factory

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References

  1. 1 2 “-ory” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
  2. 1 2 -ory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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