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Judgmental vs Judicatory - What's the difference?

judgmental | judicatory |

As adjectives the difference between judgmental and judicatory

is that judgmental is of or relating to judgment while judicatory is pertaining to judgement, or to passing a sentence.

As a noun judicatory is

(chiefly|in scotland) a court or tribunal.

judgmental

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to judgment.
  • (chiefly, of a person) Inclined to pass judgment, critical.

    • judicatory

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to judgement, or to passing a sentence.
  • * T. Wharton
    • Judicatory tribunals.
  • * Bishop Hall
    • Power to reject in an authoritative or judicatory way.
  • By which a judgement can be made; decisive, critical.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:To judge of the apparances that we receive of subjects, we had need have a judicatorie instrument: to verifie this instrument we should have demonstration; and to approve demonstration, an instrument; thus are we ever turning round.

    • Noun

    (judicatories)
  • (chiefly, in Scotland) A court or tribunal
  • judicature