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

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..

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..

Authentic :: Authentic (n.) Authoritative.

Decretal :: Decretal (a.) An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part of the canon law..

Directorial :: Directorial (a.) Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide; directive..

Requirement :: Requirement (n.) That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need.

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

Shastra :: Shastra (n.) A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas..

Absolute :: Absolute (a.) Authoritative; peremptory.

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

Dictation :: Dictation (n.) The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation..

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..

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

Allocution :: Allocution (n.) An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.

Dictator :: Dictator (n.) One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.

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

Decree :: Decree (n.) An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru// decision..

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

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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