Decretory

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [moby-thes]:

  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