a. [ad. L. consultātōrius, f. consultātōr-em a consulter: see -ORY.] Pertaining to or serving for consultation (e.g., of an oracle, etc.); having the character of consultation or deliberation, consultative.
1600. Abp. Abbot, Exp. Jonah, 80. Here the lot is consultatorie … because they could not tell who it was that had done the deede, they will put it to their Gods.
1664. Evelyn, Sylva (1776), 168. Formerly they made consultatory staves of this tree.
1876. Bancroft, Hist. U.S., III. viii. 395. Their decision would be only consultatory, and have no more weight than royal instructions.
