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A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an earnest supporter of exsisting royal and ecclesiastical authority.

The principles of the Tories.

Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.

A place for hiding or preserving articles of value. Cowell.

Containing abjuration.

Serving to absolve; absolving. "An absolutory sentence." Ayliffe.

Conferring absolution; absolutory.

Accelerative.

Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation.

Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel. Grote.

Tending to add; making some addition. [R.] Arbuthnot.

Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory. [Obs.] Potter.

Containing an adjuration.

Serving to help or assist; helping. [Obs.]

That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance. -- Ad*mon"i*to*ri*ly,, adv.

See Astrictory.

Containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address. A mere rant of adulatory freedom. Burke.

Of or pertaining to an advocate. [R.]

Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative. Massey.

Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract. Bouvier.