单词 | directoral |
释义 | directoraladj. rare. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a director; directive, directory. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [adjective] > of or relating to direction > directing directorya1450 directive1593 dirigent1617 ordering1678 directing1719 directoral1874 masterminding1973 1874 Gladstone in Daily News 10 July 2/5 The business of law is to prevent and to punish crime, and directoral laws are comparatively rare. Directoral statutes, telling 20,000 clergymen what to do every day of their lives, and how their congregations are to be led..must of necessity be exceptional. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1874 |
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