hortatory, a.
(ˈhɔːtətərɪ)
[ad. late L. hortātōri-us, f. hortārī to exhort: see -ory.]
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, exhortation or encouragement; hortative, exhortatory.
| 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 20 Hortatorie and Dehortatorie. 1612 T. Taylor Comm. Titus i. 9 After the doctrinall part followeth the hortatorie. a 1784 Johnson in Boswell (1831) I. 381 ‘Law's Serious Call’ [he said] was the finest piece of hortatory theology in any language. 1878 W. C. Smith Hilda (1879) 173 That night he went on, ceaseless, in his hortatory tone. |