Noun:

नाम-धाम-सूचक पुस्तक, निदेशसंहिता,

directory's Usage Examples:

Discords arose between the Vatican and the French Republic, and it is clear that Napoleon and the French Directory ordered Joseph to encourage revolutionary movements in Rome.

Thus when, after the crowning victory of Rivoli (14th of January 1797), Mantua surrendered and the Austrian rule in Italy for the time collapsed, Bonaparte was virtually the idol of the French nation, the master of the Directory and potentially the protector of the Holy See.

As " Scottish commissioner to the Westminster Assembly, he was in England from August 1643 till August 1646; his principal work was the drafting of the directory for public worship. Early in 1645 Henderson was sent to Uxbridge to aid the commissioners of the two parliaments in negotiating with the king; but nothing came of the conference.

The French directory at once ordered its general, Berthier, to march to Rome: the Roman democrats proclaimed a republic on the 15th of February 1798, and on their invitation Berthier and his troops marched in.

For the constitution of the year 1795 which inaugurated the period of the Directory (1795-1799) see French Revolution.

The Directory was guilty of even greater abuses in dealing with the assignats.

He took no part in public affairs under the directory, the consulate or the empire, and in 1816 was banished as a regicide.

Clearly, then, the Directory was doomed.

In this Assembly he proposed that " a confession of faith, a catechism, a directory for all the parts of the public worship, and a platform of government, wherein possibly England and we might agree," should be drawn up. This was unanimously approved of, and the laborious undertaking was left in Henderson's hands; but the " notable motion " did not lead to any immediate results.

They've got a directory the size of the Philadelphia phone book.

Synonyms:

reference book, blue book, phone book, reference work, reference, telephone book, phonebook, book of facts, telephone directory,

Antonyms:

stand still,