The Collaborative International Dictionary
Probatory \Pro"ba*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. probatoire.]
Serving for trial; probationary.
--Abp. Bramhall.-
Pertaining to, or serving for, proof.
--Jer. Taylor.Probatory term (Law), a time for taking testimony.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Serving for trial; probationary. 2 Relating to, or serving for, proof.
Usage examples of "probatory".
Art knew, without a shred of doubt, that the treatment at the Institute for Probatory Therapies was the reason he was alive to eat lunch today.
Their contacts had been electronic, plus the quarterly meetings at the Institute for Probatory Therapies.
I had a report dropped off on my desk about a new treatment at the Institute for Probatory Therapies.
Institute for Probatory Therapies formed a faint gray outline through the swirling flakes.
No Scantling performs any kind of work on the Sabbath, so the streets were almost empty as I and Paula-she with a short coat of mine over her blouse and skirt and a scarf wrapped around her head-made our way to the Institute for Probatory Therapies.
Every doctor I went to before I found the Institute for Probatory Therapies said the same thing: try to put your mind at ease and prepare for death.