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

Captain :: Captain (n.) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.

Commandant :: Commandant (n.) A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard..

Commandment :: Commandment (n.) The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.

Writ :: Writ (n.) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like..

Imposing :: Imposing (a.) Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle..

Citadel :: Citadel (n.) A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense..

Imperant :: Imperant (a.) Commanding.

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..

Mainprise :: Mainprise (n.) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete..

Pentecoster :: Pentecoster (n.) An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men.

Commanding :: Commanding (a.) Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position..

Fieri Facias :: Fieri facias () A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed..

Ascendant :: Ascendant (n.) Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another..

Duces Tecum :: Duces tecum () A judicial process commanding a person to appear in court and bring with him some piece of evidence or other thing to be produced to the court.

Bridgehead :: Bridgehead (n.) A fortification commanding the extremity of a bridge nearest the enemy, to insure the preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tete-de-pont..

Belvedere :: Belvedere (n.) A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect..

Commanding :: Commanding (a.) Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer..

Commandment :: Commandment (n.) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.

Imperious :: Imperious (a.) Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic.

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