decretiveadj.
/dɪˈkriːtɪv/ Having the attribute of decreeing; = decretory adj. 1.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > ordaining, prescribing, or appointing
decretala1610
decretive1609
prescriptive1610
decretorya1631
decernent1677
decretorial1778
1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 170 Either discretiue..or directiue..and thirdly decretiue, which is in the Prince, either affirmatiuely to binde those within his compasse [etc.].
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 269 To distinguish between event and duty; the Decretive and Legislative will of God.
1770 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XIV. 195 Both the choice of the former, and the decretive omission of the latter were owing..to the sovereign will..of God.
1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist iii. §3. 206 They are..too specific and too decretive in their essence.
Derivatives
deˈcretively adv.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adverb] > as a decree
decretively1610
1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xx. xiii. 808 The thousand years are decretiuely meant of the deuills bondage onely.
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