decretory
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Decretory \Dec"re*to*ry\, a. [L. decretorius, from decretum. See
{Decree}.]
1. Established by a decree; definitive; settled.
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The decretory rigors of a condemning sentence.
--South.
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2. Serving to determine; critical. "The critical or decretory
days." --Sir T. Browne.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "decretory":
absolute, binding, commanding, compelling, compulsory, conclusive,
decisive, decretal, decretive, dictated, dictating, directive,
entailed, final, hard-and-fast, imperative, imposed, instructive,
irrevocable, jussive, mandated, mandating, mandatory, must,
obligating, obligatory, peremptory, preceptive, prescript,
prescriptive, required, ultimate, without appeal
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