Deˈfinitory, n.
[f. as definitor + -ory1.]
Definitors (see definitor 1) collectively, or a council of these.
| 1898 Fr. Thaddeus Franciscans in England 334 He lost no time in calling his Definitory together, and laying the matter before them. 1904 Month Mar. 245 At the Definitory itself he was chosen to be the first President of the renovated and perpetuated English Benedictine Congregation. 1960 J. B. Dockery C. Davenport i. 30 Provincial, Custos, and four Definitors constitute the governing body of a Province. These six are known as the Definitorium or Definitory. |