decretory
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin dēcrētōrius (“decisive”), from Latin dēcernō (“decide, determine”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
decretory (comparative more decretory, superlative most decretory)
- (rare or obsolete) Pertaining to an authoritative decree or final judgement.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin, published 2005, page 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 […]