monitory

Adjective

Synonyms: admonitory cautionary exemplary warning(a)

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

serving to warn“shook a monitory finger at him”“an exemplary jail sentence”Synonyms: admonitory cautionary exemplary warning(a)

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Monitory \Mon"i*to*ry\, n. Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person. [1913 Webster] Monitress

Monitory \Mon"i*to*ry\, a. [L. monitorius.] Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning. [1913 Webster]

Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory and instructive. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]