Definition of Protectories

1. protectory [n] - See also: protectory

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protectories

protective coloration
protective cover
protective covering
protective embankment
protective fold
protective garment
protective tariff
protectively
protectiveness
protectivity
protector
protectoral
protectorate
protectorates
protectorial
protectories (current term)
protectorless
protectors
protectorship
protectorships
protectory
protectour
protectress
protectresses
protects
protege
protegee
protegees
proteges
protegrin

Literary usage of Protectories

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"While the productivity of these protectories is sometimes considerable, ... protectories are always desirous of allowing their inmates to go out into the ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"While the productivity of these protectories is sometimes considerable, ... protectories are always desirous of allowing their inmates to go out into the ..."

3. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"His last years were devoted to establishing the protectories for destitute Roman Catholic children at West Chester, XY, and to teaching in Manhattanville ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"While the productivity of these protectories is sometimes considerable, ... protectories are always desirous of allowing their inmates to go out into the ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The Catholic protectories of New York and Buffalo and the Catholic foundling and infant asylums throughout the State are the models for such institutions in ..."

6. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by William H. Steele, Charles Elliott Fitch (1900)
"If it be beyond peradventure that the orphan asylums or protectories or correctional institutions to which children may be committed are not " schools or ..."

7. A Memorial of Andrew J. Shipman: His Life and Writings by Andrew Jackson Shipman (1916)
"... 2; refuges, protectories and manual training schools for children, 5; ... following communities: Contemplative life, 27; houses of refuge, protectories ..."

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