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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 310 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DIRECTORY , a See also:

term meaning literally that which guides or directs, and. so applied to a See also:book or set of rules giving directions for public See also:worship. The directorium or ordo of the See also:Roman See also:Church contains regulations as to the See also:Mass and See also:office to be used on each See also:day throughout the See also:year, and the word is found in the Directory for the Publick Worship of See also:God See also:drawn up in 1644 at the See also:Westminster See also:Assembly. The term now usually signifies a book containing the names, addresses and occupations, &c. of the inhabitants of a See also:town or See also:district, or of a similar See also:list of the users of a See also:telephone See also:supply, or of the members of a particular profession or See also:trade. The name Directoire or Directory was given to the See also:body which held the executive See also:power in See also:France from See also:October 1795 until See also:November 1799 (see See also:FRENCH REVOLUTION).

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