manufactory
[man-y
uh
-
fak
-t
uh
-ree]
/ˌmæn yəˈfæk tə ri/
noun
,
plural
manufactories.
Archaic.
1.
a factory.
Origin
1610-20;
obsolete
manufact
handmade (<
Late Latin
manūfact
(
us
); see
manus
,
fact
) +
-ory
2
Examples from the web for
manufactory
We ought to view the building a fleet as an article of commerce, it being the natural
manufactory
of this country.
British Dictionary definitions for
manufactory
manufactory
/
ˌmænjʊˈfæktərɪ;
-trɪ
/
noun
(
pl
)
-ries
1.
an obsolete word for
factory
Word Origin
C17: from obsolete
manufact
; see
manufacture