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decretory

/dɪˈkɹiːtəɹi/

decretory adjective: pertaining to an authoritative decree or final judgement.

Adjective

decretory (comparative more decretory, superlative most decretory)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Pertaining to an authoritative decree or final judgement.
    • If in the decretory term of the world we shall not all dye but be changed, according to received translation, the last day will make but few graves […]1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin, published 2005, page 50

Forms of decretory

comparativemore decretory
superlativemost decretory

Origin of decretory

Borrowed from Late Latin dēcrētōrius (“decisive”), from Latin dēcernō (“decide, determine”).

Words formed from decretory

Questions about decretory

What does decretory mean?
Decretory means pertaining to an authoritative decree or final judgement.
What part of speech is decretory?
Decretory is an adjective.
How do you pronounce decretory?
Decretory is pronounced /dɪˈkɹiːtəɹi/.

Words near decretory in the dictionary

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

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