a. [f. ēducāt- ppl. stem of ēducāre + -ORY.] That has an educating influence.
1845. R. W. Hamilton, Pop. Educ., vi. (ed. 2), 137. That educatory regimen of which Scripture is the rule and end.
1878. Mozley, Rul. Ideas, ii. 53. The ideas which His own educatory providence has since instilled.