Pro*hib"it*o*ry (?), a. [L. prohibitorius.]

Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price.

<-- in the latter sense (price or cost) usu. prohibitive. -->

Prohibitory index. R. C. Ch. See under Index.

 

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