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decretorial

decretorial adjective: serving as a decree; authoritative.

Adjective

decretorial (comparative more decretorial, superlative most decretorial)

  1. serving as a decree; authoritative
    • medical or decretorial month1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Forms of decretorial

comparativemore decretorial
superlativemost decretorial

Questions about decretorial

What does decretorial mean?
Decretorial means serving as a decree; authoritative.
What part of speech is decretorial?
Decretorial is an adjective.

Words near decretorial in the dictionary

  1. decretist
  2. decretists
  3. decretive
  4. decretively
  5. Decreto
  6. decretorial
  7. decretorily
  8. decretory
  9. Decreus
  10. decrew
  11. decrewed

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