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Webster 1913 Edition
Directory
Di-rect′o-ry
,Adj.
[L.
directorius
.] Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.
Di-rect′o-ry
,Noun.
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 Book2.
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
3.
[Cf. F.
directoire
.] A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic.
4.
Direction; guide.
[R.]
Whitlock.
Webster 1828 Edition
Directory
DIRECTORY
,Adj.
DIRECTORY
,Noun.
1.
A guide; a rule to direct; particularly, a book containing directions for public worship, or religious services. The Bible is our best directory, in faith and practice.2.
A book containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants of a city, with their places of abode.3.
The supreme council of France, in the late revolution.4.
A board of directors.