containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.-a collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the directory used by the nonconformists instead of the prayer book.-a book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory.-a body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in france under the first republic.-direction; guide.