Protectory

Origin

en + -protector + y

Full definition of protectory

Noun

1. A charitable institution dedicated to the support and protection of orphans or vulnerable children.
• 2004 , Stephen O'Connor , Orphan Trains , Thus, in its work with destitute children, the protectory did everything it could to keep families together.
• 2011, Gerald L. Halligan & ‎John Koerner , Lackawanna , Newly ordained priest Fr. Nelson H. Baker was assigned to the parish in 1876 During his time as pastor, Father Baker oversaw the construction of a protectory, infant home, hospital, trade school, and Our Lady of Victory Basilica.
• 2013 , Matthew Mark Silver , Louis Marshall and the Rise of Jewish Ethnicity in America , An expression of the rise of twentieth-century Jewish ethnic politics, the tenacious commitment Marshall displayed on behalf of a project like the protectory has been unjustifiably ignored by historical scholarship.

Adjective

1. Acting as a protector; protective.
• 2003 , Victoria V. Roshchina & ‎Valentina D. Roshchina , Ozone and Plant Cell , The fourth chapter is devoted to steady-state protectory systems that counteract ozone and other reactive oxygen species.
• 2010 , Mark Lyte & ‎Primrose P.E. Freestone , Microbial Endocrinology , Further, serotonin itself (Roshchina 2001a) and its derivatives, such as melatonin (Posmyk and Janas 2009), may also play a protectory role as antioxidants in various plants.
• 2014, Özlem Çaykent & ‎Luca Zavagno , The Islands of the Eastern Mediterranean , Although the Habsburgs were also granted capitulations in 1616, which included articles concerning the Catholics in the empire, it was the French who assumed the protectory role for the missions and other Catholics, partly because of the displomatic status quo.