-atory

-atory
a combination of -ate1 and -ory1 or -ory2, used infrequently as an independent suffix with the same senses as -ory1 and -ory2: affirmatory; observatory.
[ < L -atorius, -a, -um, orig. the termination of adjectives formed with -torius (see -TORY1, TORY2) and verbs whose stems ended in -a-; reanalyzed in English in the same way as -ATOR]

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