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

directives
directivities
directivity
directly proportional
directness
directnesses
director
director's cut
director's cuts
director-general
director-stockholder relation
director of research
directorate
directorates
directorial
directorially
directories
directorless
directors
directorship
directorships
directory
directoryless
directour
directours
directress
directresses
directrice
directrices

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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