a. [ad. L. admonitōri-us; see ADMONITOR and -Y.] Of or pertaining to an admonitor; giving or conveying admonition; warning.
1594. Hooker, Eccl. Pol., I. § 8 (J.). The sentence of reason is either mandatorie … or else permissiue … or thirdly, admonitorie.
1679. in Somers’s Tracts, I. 44. This little Admonitory Address.
1818. Scott, Hrt. Midl., 279. The clergyman … fixed upon her a glance, at once steady, compassionate, and admonitory.
1865. Dickens, Mut. Friend, xi. 254. A raised admonitory finger.
