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   directory

   /dɪˈrɛkt(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. a book or website listing individuals or organizations alphabetically or thematically with details such as names, addresses, and phone numbers.
   • ▪ a board in an organization or large store listing names and locations of departments, individuals, etc.
   • ▪ a file which consists solely of a set of other files (which may themselves be directories).
   • 2. a book of directions for the conduct of Christian worship, especially in Presbyterian and Roman Catholic Churches. historical
   • 3. the revolutionary government in France 1795–9, comprising two councils and a five-member executive. It maintained an aggressive foreign policy, but could not control events at home and was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the general sense ‘something that directs’): from late Latin directorium, from director ‘governor’, from dirigere ‘to guide’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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