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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lachrymatory \Lach"ry*ma*to*ry\, n.; pl. -{ries}. [Cf. F.
      lacrymatoire.] (Antiq.)
      A [bd]tear-bottle;[b8] a narrow-necked vessel found in
      sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former
      notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were
      collected in it. Called also {lachrymal} or {lacrymal}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lectionary \Lec"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [LL. lectionarium,
      lectionarius : cf. F. lectionnaire.] (Eccl.)
      A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine
      service.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Limitary \Lim"i*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-r[icr]z).
      1. That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land.
            [Obs.] --Fuller.
  
      2. A limiter. See {Limiter}, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Responsory \Re*spon"so*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-r[?]z). [LL.
      responsorium.]
      1. (Eccl.)
            (a) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate
                  speaking, in church service.
            (b) A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a
                  refrain.
  
                           Which, if should repeat again, would turn my
                           answers into responsories, and beget another
                           liturgy.                                       --Milton.
  
      2. (Eccl.) An antiphonary; a response book.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sacramentary \Sac`ra*men"ta*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [LL.
      sacramentarium: cf. F. sacramentaire.]
      1. An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by
            Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St.
            Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the
            sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other
            ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same
            kind in France and Germany.
  
      2. Same as {Sacramentarian}, n., 1.
  
                     Papists, Anabaptists, and Sacramentaries. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fumatory \Fu"ma*to*ry\, a. [See {Fumatorium}.]
      Pert. to, or concerned with, smoking. -- n.; pl. {-ries}. A
      place for subjecting things to smoke or vapor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Concessionary \Con*ces"sion*a*ry\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a concession. -- n.; pl. {-ries}. A
      concessionaire.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Signatory \Sig"na*to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}.
      A signer; one who signs or subscribes; as, a conference of
      signatories.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ossuary \Os"su*a*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [L. ossuarium, fr.
      ossuarius of or bones, fr. os, ossis, bone: cf. F. ossuaire.]
      A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel
      house. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ostiary \Os"ti*a*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [L. ostium door,
      entrance. See {Usher}.]
      1. The mouth of a river; an estuary. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
  
      2. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a
            porter. --N. Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stillatory \Stil"la*to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [From {Still}, for
      distill. Cf. {Still}, n., and {Distillatory}, a.]
      1. An alembic; a vessel for distillation. [R.] --Bacon.
  
      2. A laboratory; a place or room in which distillation is
            performed. [R.] --Dr. H. More. --Sir H. Wotton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stationary \Sta"tion*a*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}.
      One who, or that which, is stationary, as a planet when
      apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
      --Holland.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prothonotary \Pro*thon"o*ta*ry\, [or] Protonotary
   \Pro*ton"o*ta*ry\, n.; pl> {-ries}. [LL. protonotarius, fr. Gr.
      prw^tos first + L. notarius a shorthand writer, a scribe: cf.
      F. protonotaire.]
      1. A chief notary or clerk. [bd] My private prothonotary.[b8]
            --Herrick.
  
      2. Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and
            in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the
            master. [Eng.] --Wharton. Burrill.
  
      3. A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of
            the United States.
  
      4. (R. C. Ch.) Formerly, one who had the charge of writing
            the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their
            death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college
            in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical
            acts and to make and preserve the official record of
            beatifications.
  
      5. (Gr. Ch.) The chief secretary of the patriarch of
            Constantinople.
  
      {Prothonotary warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small American warbler
            ({Protonotaria citrea}). The general color is golden
            yellow, the back is olivaceous, the rump and tail are
            ash-color, several outer tail feathers are partly white.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reformatory \Re*form"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-r[?]z).
      An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders.
  
               Magistrates may send juvenile offenders to
               reformatories instead of to prisons.      --Eng. Cyc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Refrigeratory \Re*frig"er*a*to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-fr[?]z).
      [CF. F. r[82]frig[82]ratoire.]
      That which refrigerates or cools. Specifically:
      (a) In distillation, a vessel filled with cold water,
            surrounding the worm, the vapor in which is thereby
            condensed.
      (b) The chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice
            machine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reliquary \Rel"i*qua*ry\ (r?l"?-kw?-r?), n.; pl. {-ries}
      (-r[icr]z). [LL. reliquiarium, reliquiare: cf. F. reliquaire.
      See {Relic}.]
      A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics
      are kept.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bursary \Bur"sa*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [LL. bursaria. See
      {Bursar}.]
      1. The treasury of a college or monastery.
  
      2. A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as
            in Scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his
            studies. [bd]No woman of rank or fortune but would have a
            bursary in her gift.[b8] --Southey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Masticatory \Mas"ti*ca*to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. (Med.)
      A substance to be chewed to increase the saliva. --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Manufactory \Man`u*fac"to*ry\, n.; pl. {-ries}. [Cf. L.
      factorium an oil press, prop., place where something is made.
      See {Manufacture}.]
      1. Manufacture. [Obs.]
  
      2. A building or place where anything is manufactured; a
            factory.
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