directorialadj.
/dʌɪrɛkˈtɔːrɪəl//dɪrɛkˈtɔːrɪəl/ 1.
a. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a director, or of direction or authoritative guidance.
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society > authority > control > [adjective] > of or relating to direction
directorial1770
directional1921
1770 W. Guthrie New Geogr. Gram. (T.) The emperour's power in the collective body, or the diet, is not directorial, but executive.
1839 G. S. Faber Acct. Husenbeth's Professed Refut. 37 note Directorial books..with which I conclude Mr. Husenbeth, as a zealous Romish Priest, to be not altogether unacquainted.
b. spec. Of or pertaining to directors or the direction of films, etc.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > [adjective] > direction
directorial1921
directional1949
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > [adjective] > relating to directing
directorial1921
directional1949
1921 Moving Picture Stories 5 Aug. 26/3 Lloyd Ingraham is taking a month's vacation at the estate of David Kirkland, his directorial colleague.
1937 Times 25 Oct. 12/3 The directorial work was done by Mr. Clarence Brown.
1963 Listener 28 Feb. 392/3 BBC television has recently been..holding on to the directorial talent it has itself developed and at the same time luring in the best directors from independent television.
2. Of or pertaining to a body of directors; spec. belonging to the French Directory (see directory n. 6).
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society > authority > control > person in control > [adjective] > relating to a body of directors
directorial1797
1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in Wks. (1815) VIII. 342 This object was to be weighed against the directorial conquests.
1804 Ann. Rev. 2 93/2 The national institute was established under the directorial government.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ix. 706 Copies of all proceedings of Directorial and Proprietary Courts.
1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) v. 69 The Directorial Constitution of 1795 gave one elector for every two hundred of the Primary Assembly.
1886 Law Times 80 150/2 He brought..charges of misfeasance in their directorial duties against the two directors.
Derivatives
direcˈtorially adv. in a directorial manner; according to the principles of the French Directory.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [adverb] > French directory
directorially1839
1839 Fraser's Mag. 19 127 He lived..with kings, monarchically;..with the nobility, aristocratically;..with the convention, conventionally; with the directory directorially.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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