manufactory

English

Etymology

Latin manūfactus +‎ -ory.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /manjʊˈfakt(ə)ɹi/, /manjəˈfakt(ə)ɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /manjʊˈfakt(ə)ɹi/, /manjəˈfakt(ə)ɹi/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): (after manufacture) /manjʊˈfækt͡ʃəɹi/
• Rhymes: -æktəɹi

Noun

manufactory (plural manufactories)

1. (archaic) A manufacturing process; a particular industry or part of an industry. [from 17th c.]
   • 1873, The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, page 698:

     The manufactory of sugar is generally in German hands.

2. (archaic) A plant where something is manufactured; a factory. [from 17th c.]
   • 1817, The Philosophical Magazine and Journal, journal, Jan 1817:

     Sᴍᴀʟᴛ from the King of France's porcelain manufactory at Sevres fused into a mass, and resigned its colour.

   • 1832, Queen Victoria, journal, 2 Aug 1832:

     We have just changed horses at Birmingham where I was two years ago and we visited the manufactories which are very curious.

   • 2001, Ian Irvine, Geomancer: A Tale of The Three Worlds (The Well of Echoes; 1), London: Orbit, published 2002, →ISBN, page 8:

     The furnaces of the manufactory must be fed.

   • 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 57:

     Bradshaw is always ready to talk 'manufactories', and here he confides that the town [Basingstoke] "carried on a rather considerable business in druggets, which has since fallen off".

Translations

factory

• Bulgarian: фабрика (bg) f (fabrika)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐργαστήριον n (ergastḗrion)

• Latin: opificīna f, officīna f, fabrica f

Adjective

manufactory (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Relating to manufacture. [18th–19th c.]