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Definition of Directorial
1. a. Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide; directive.
Definition of Directorial
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a director ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to administration or to a directorate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Directorial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Directorial
Literary usage of Directorial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1844)
"At the same time Bonaparte sent to the commandant of the directorial guard to
notify that he was to obey him, ordering him to quit the Luxembourg with his ..."
2. History of the French Revolution, from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) (1873)
"... reaction ceases to be conventional, and becomes royalist —Massacre of the
revolutionists in the south—Directorial constitution of the year III. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Reign of George III to the Session of Parliament Ending A.D. 1793 by William Belsham (1801)
"... and every other depart-ment* ment in the state exhibited a similar portrait
of inability and rapacity:—so that the directorial ..."
4. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl, John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) (1844)
"... and fifty thousand of them might be detached in any direction. The promises
of the directorial government could not be more gloriously accomplished. ..."
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