单词 | imperatory |
释义 | imperatoryadj. rare after early 18th cent. Of or relating to the exercise of authority or command; commanding, authoritative. Also: expressing or involving a command; imperative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [adjective] imperialc1450 emperly?1518 imperious1532 imperatory1616 imperatorious1620 imperatorian1640 imperatorial1653 1616 J. Bingham in tr. Ælian Tactiks 3 The Tacticks are but a small portion of the arte Imperatory, or of commanding an army. ?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Hermes in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 86 All which shall stand In awe of thy high Imperatory hand. 1669 J. Humphrey Case of Conscience 25 The one [sort of external Church Government] is, directive, swasory, declarative; The other, Juris constitutivum, imperatory, coercive. 1716 C. Owen J. Owen's Validity of Dissenting Ministry iii. viii. 172 The Words..were us'd before not Imperatorie, but precaritorie. 1918 Le Grand (Iowa) Reporter 14 June 1/4 When the drill master gives the command there is always an imperatory command precedes the command of execution. 1955 Regina Immaculata 102 The divine gifts and the imperatory power of the Virgin's grace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1616 |
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