- (n.) Direction; guide.
- (n.) A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory.
- (n.) A collection or body of directions, rules or ordinances; especially, a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book.
- (n.) A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic.
- (a.) Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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