Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing or making correction; corrective.
- noun A corrective.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Containing or making correction; corrective.
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- adjective archaic Containing or making
correction ;corrective .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Two other correctories were made prior to 1267, the first called the correctory of Sens.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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But instead of having recourse to the manuscripts of St. Jerome's text he compared the Paris Bible with the original Hebrew and Greek readings, thus furnishing a new version rather than a correctory.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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(Toulouse), of the fifteenth century, reproduces the correctory of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Dominican correctory of the convent of Saint-Jacques; one is represented by the Manuscript lat. 15,554, fol.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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There are some faults in the correctory, resulting mainly from the author's limited knowledge of Greek.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Eight manuscripts of Hugues 'correctory are still extant.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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The manuscript thus corrected contains a text as bad as, if not worse than the Bible of Paris, the readings of which were carried into the new correctory.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Paris Bible and the correctory of the Dominican Father Theobald; the make-up of the work imitates the Dominican correctories.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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+ (4) Another correctory was prepared about 1256 in the Dominican convent of Saint-Jacques, Paris.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Whatever be the value of this correctory, it did not meet with the approval of the Dominican
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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