Definition for DI-RECT'O-RY

DI-RECT'O-RY, n.

  1. A guide; a rule to direct; particularly, a book containing directions for public worship, or religious services. The Bible is our best directory, in faith and practice.
  2. A book containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants of a city, with their places of abode.
  3. The supreme council of France, in the late revolution.
  4. A board of directors.

Return to page 109 of the letter “D”.