Definition of authoritative

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Authoritative (a.) Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding..

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Veto :: Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
Dictum :: Dictum (n.) An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm.
Cathedral :: Cathedral (a.) Emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative..
Command :: Command (n.) An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.
Prescribe :: Prescribe (v. t.) To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct..
Requirement :: Requirement (n.) That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need.
Enjoinment :: Enjoinment (n.) Direction; command; authoritative admonition.
Dictator :: Dictator (n.) One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
Magisterial :: Magisterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic..
Imperative :: Imperative (a.) Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders..
Magistral :: Magistral (a.) Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.
Dictate :: Dictate (v. t.) A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; an authoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listen to the dictates of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel..
Arbitrage :: Arbitrage (n.) Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.
Mandate :: Mandate (n.) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
Inauthoritative :: Inauthoritative (a.) Without authority; not authoritative.
Allocution :: Allocution (n.) An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.
Directorial :: Directorial (a.) Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide; directive..
Precedent :: Precedent (n.) Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
Imperatorial :: Imperatorial (a.) Commanding; imperative; authoritative.
Bible :: Bible (n.) A book with an authoritative exposition of some topic, respected by many who are experts in the field..
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