Word Meanings - DECRETORIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Decretory; authoritative. Sir T. Browne.

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• AUTHORITATIVE
  1. Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding. The sacred functions of authoritative teaching. Barrow. 2. Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial; peremptory; as, an
• DECRETORY
  1. Established by a decree; definitive; settled. The decretory rigors of a condemning sentence. South. 2. Serving to determine; critical. "The critical or decretory days." Sir T. Browne.
• INAUTHORITATIVE
  Without authority; not authoritative.