Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Directory

Directory , adjective

[Latin directorius.]

Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.

Directory ({not transcribed}) , noun

1.
A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book.
2.
A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory.
3.
A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic.
4.
Direction; guide. [Rare] — Whitlock