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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..

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..

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

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

Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause..

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

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..

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..

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

Precent :: Precent (n.) Any commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action; esp., a command respecting moral conduct; an injunction; a rule..

Cite :: Cite (v. t.) To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon..

Command :: Command (n.) An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.

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

Christian :: Christian (n.) One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice.

Magisteriality :: Magisteriality (n.) Magisterialness; authoritativeness.

Inauthoritative :: Inauthoritative (a.) Without authority; not authoritative.

Authentic :: Authentic (n.) Authoritative.

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

Direction :: Direction (n.) That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants..

Potestative :: Potestative (a.) Authoritative.

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