Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

judicatory

/d͡ʒuˈdɪkəˌtɔɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ju-di-ca-to-ry
IPA: /d͡ʒuˈdɪkəˌtɔɹi/

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to judgement, or to passing a sentence.

adj

By which a judgement can be made; decisive, critical.

noun

A court or tribunal.

noun

The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.

Example Sentences

"judicatory tribunals"
"power to reject in an authoritative or judicatory way"
"To judge of the apparances that we receive of subjects, we had need have a judicatorie instrument: to verifie this instrument we should have demonstration; and to approve demonstration, an instrument; thus are we ever turning round."
"Holonym: judiciary"
"However, when They had ſaid all they could againſt Him, and he all for himſself that need to be ſaid, and no ſuch Crime appearing as the Lords, as the Supreme Court of Judicatory, would take upon them to judge him to be worthy of death, they reſorted to their Legislative Power […]"

Etymology

From Latin iūdicātōrius.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: iūdicātōrius

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /d͡ʒuˈdɪkəˌtɔɹi/
British English: /d͡ʒuːˈdɪkətəɹi/

Inflected Forms

more judicatory (comparative) most judicatory (superlative) judicatories (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

adjudication adjudicatory judge judicator judicial

Synonyms

judiciary judicatory judicial juridic juridical juridicial justiciary court of justice court of law court tribunal judicature

Questions

How do you pronounce judicatory?: The recorded pronunciation is /d͡ʒuˈdɪkəˌtɔɹi/.
What does judicatory mean?: Pertaining to judgement, or to passing a sentence.
Where does judicatory come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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