ordinative

English

Etymology

From Latin ordinativus.

Adjective

ordinative (comparative more ordinative, superlative most ordinative)

1. Tending to ordain; directing; giving orders.
   • 1653, John Gauden, Hieraspistes:

     […] this Ordinative power which duly is in the Ministeriall order of the Church

Related terms

• coordinative

References

“ordinative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• derivation

Italian

Adjective

ordinative

1. feminine plural of ordinativo

Anagrams

• antividero, divinatore