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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Magistral :: Magistral (a.) Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.
Fiat :: Fiat (n.) An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
Authoritative :: Authoritative (a.) Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding..
Decretorial :: Decretorial (a.) Decretory; authoritative.
Bible :: Bible (n.) A book with an authoritative exposition of some topic, respected by many who are experts in the field..
Allocution :: Allocution (n.) An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.
Authentic :: Authentic (n.) Authoritative.
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.
Dictum :: Dictum (n.) An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm.
Exact :: Exact (a.) To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one..
Mandate :: Mandate (n.) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
Arbitrage :: Arbitrage (n.) Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.
Command :: Command (n.) An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.
Dogmatical :: Dogmatical (a.) Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing..
Dogma :: Dogma (n.) A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet..
Enjoinment :: Enjoinment (n.) Direction; command; authoritative admonition.
Rule :: Rule (a.) That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket..
Document :: Document (n.) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
Potestative :: Potestative (a.) Authoritative.
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..
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