a. [f. L. condemnāt- ppl. stem of condemnāre to CONDEMN + -ORY; cf. F. condamnatoire, in Cotgr. condemnatoire.] Having the character of condemning; expressing condemnation.
1563–87. Foxe, A. & M., 1170 (R.). They proceeded against me with this their bull condemnatorie.
1611. Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., IX. xiv. 17. After the condemnatory sentence.
1748. Richardson, Clarissa (1811), III. xiv. 95. Every argument he uses, condemnatory of his own actions.
1859. Bright, Sp. India, 1 Aug. I speak in condemnatory language.
