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ordinative

ordinative adjective: tending to ordain; directing; giving orders.

Adjective

ordinative (comparative more ordinative, superlative most ordinative)

  1. Tending to ordain; directing; giving orders.
    • […]this Ordinative power which duly is in the Ministeriall order of the Church1653, John Gauden, Hieraspistes

Forms of ordinative

comparativemore ordinative
superlativemost ordinative

Origin of ordinative

From Latin ordinativus.

Questions about ordinative

What does ordinative mean?
Ordinative means tending to ordain; directing; giving orders.
What part of speech is ordinative?
Ordinative is an adjective.

Words near ordinative in the dictionary

  1. ordination
  2. ordination hall
  3. ordination mill
  4. ordination mills
  5. ordinations
  6. ordinative
  7. ordinator
  8. ordinators
  9. ordinaunce
  10. ordinaunces
  11. ordinee

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