a. [f. ēducāt- ppl. stem of ēducāre + -ORY.] That has an educating influence.

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1845.  R. W. Hamilton, Pop. Educ., vi. (ed. 2), 137. That educatory regimen of which Scripture is the rule and end.

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1878.  Mozley, Rul. Ideas, ii. 53. The ideas which His own educatory providence has since instilled.

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