revisory

[ ri-vahy-zuh-ree ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or for the purpose of revision.

revisory

/ rɪˈvaɪzərɪ /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or having the power to revise

Word History and Origins

Origin of revisory¹

First recorded in 1840–50; revise + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

The revisory powers of the Judiciary over the acts of Congress were not given in order to excuse the Congress from exercising its preliminary judgment upon the constitutionality of its own acts.

From Project Gutenberg

Bishop Edwin Vincent O'Hara of Kansas City, head of the revisory committee, says that by 1944 U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

The revisory commission, appointed by the General Convention, is headed by the Rt.

From Time Magazine Archive

LL.D., a member of the revisory commission, will be read with interest: Mrs. M. J. Gage: Dear Madame:—The passage in John viii. 1-11, is not in the Alexandrian, nor is it in the Sinaitic, Vatican, and Ephraim Codices.

From Project Gutenberg

The Americans had been used to having the acts of their popular assemblies reviewed by a council, and so they retained this revisory body as an upper house.

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