"deletory" meaning in English

See deletory in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dəˈliːtəɹi/ Forms: deletories [plural]
Etymology: See delete. Head templates: {{en-noun}} deletory (plural deletories)
  1. (obsolete) That which blots out. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-deletory-en-noun-0cOKnqG4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "See delete.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "deletories",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "deletory (plural deletories)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery\nconfession […] was mostly certainly intended as a deletory of sin"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That which blots out."
      ],
      "id": "en-deletory-en-noun-0cOKnqG4",
      "links": [
        [
          "blots out",
          "blot out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) That which blots out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dəˈliːtəɹi/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "deletery"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deletory"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "See delete.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "deletories",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "deletory (plural deletories)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with homophones",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery\nconfession […] was mostly certainly intended as a deletory of sin"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That which blots out."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blots out",
          "blot out"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) That which blots out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dəˈliːtəɹi/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "deletery"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deletory"
}

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