Directory Meaning and Definition

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What is the definition Directory? What is its meaning in the dictionary? How to pronounce? Synonyms, Derivations, Related sentences, Example sentences, Antonyms, Words ending with Directory, Words starting with Directory and more...

Word: Directory

How to pronounce: d(a)ɪˈrekt(ə)rɪ

Noun

Definitions:

1. A book listing individuals or organizations alphabetically or thematically with details such as names, addresses, and phone numbers.

Example sentences: "I go down to the MHS library and begin looking at the 1912 city directories, alphabetical listings of people, their addresses, and occupations."

2. A book of directions for the conduct of Christian worship, especially in Presbyterian and Roman Catholic Churches.

3. The revolutionary government in France 1795–99, comprising two councils and a five-member executive. It maintained an aggressive foreign policy but could not control events at home and was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte.

Synonyms:

catalogue

catalog

folder

reference guide

card catalog

dir

subdirectory

white page

Derivations:

directive

directorship