a. Now rare or Obs. [f. L. type *consultōri-us, f. consultōr-em adviser, counsellor: see -ORY.] Relating to consultation (e.g., of an oracle, etc.); having the function of consulting or advising; consultatory.
1616. Gataker, Lots (1619), 269. Diuinatorie Lots; under which head may we well comprehend also those that they call consultorie.
1649. C. Walker, Hist. Indep., II. 115. Whether they should continue the House of Lords as a Court Judicatory, or consultory onely.
1710. Brit. Apollo, III. 65. Of these Lots there are three Kinds usually mentioned by Divines, viz. Divisory, Consultory and Divinatory.
1818. C. Mills, Crusades (1821), II. 303. He requested the consultory assistance of advocates.
1848. Wharton, Law Lex., Consultary response, the opinion of a court of law on a special case.
