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manufactory

[ man-yuh-fak-tuh-ree ]

noun

, Archaic.
, plural man·u·fac·to·ries.
  1. a factory.


manufactory

/ -trɪ; ˌmænjʊˈfæktərɪ /

noun

  1. an obsolete word for factory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of manufactory1

1610–20; obsolete manufact handmade (< Late Latin manūfact ( us ); manus, fact ) + -ory 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of manufactory1

C17: from obsolete manufact ; see manufacture
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Example Sentences

He created the 11 porcelain disks at France’s famed Sèvres manufactory, and they have never been shown publicly before.

They are pieced together from cloth sourced from dead stock or traditional Irish tweed makers like Molloy & Sons in County Donegal or Belgian linen manufactories or kimono cotton mills in far-off Japanese prefectures.

It was the headquarters or manufactory of an enterprise that produced flea powder.

I Thoreau-ly enjoyed it as would have Henry David T. who worked in his father’s pencil manufactory for many years and rediscovered a process for making good pencil leads from poor quality graphite.

Winbolt confidently informs me in the guide that in this area I am to find "modern powder mills, chemical works and manufactories of general machinery".

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