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Cathedral :: Cathedral (a.) Emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative..

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

Dogma :: Dogma (n.) A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet..

Abrogate :: Abrogate (v. t.) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc..

Pharmacopoeia :: Pharmacopoeia (n.) A book or treatise describing the drugs, preparations, etc., used in medicine; especially, one that is issued by official authority and considered as an authoritative standard..

Imperatorial :: Imperatorial (a.) Commanding; imperative; authoritative.

Record :: Record (v. t.) That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race..

Mandate :: Mandate (n.) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

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..

Document :: Document (n.) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

Decretorial :: Decretorial (a.) Decretory; authoritative.

Admonition :: Admonition (n.) Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

Imperative :: Imperative (a.) Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders..

Demand :: Demand (v. t.) To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question..

Authoritative :: Authoritative (a.) Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial; peremptory; as, an authoritative tone..

Institute :: Institute (a.) Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n..

Textuary :: Textuary (a.) Serving as a text; authoritative.

Dictate :: Dictate (v. t.) To say; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command) to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose; as, to dictate the terms of a treaty; a general dictates orders to his troops..

Veto :: Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

Arbitrage :: Arbitrage (n.) Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.

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