decretory
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /dɪˈkɹiːtəɹi/
Adjective

decretory

  1. (rare or obsolete) Pertaining to an authoritative decree or final judgement.
    • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 50)
      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 […]
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