Meaning & use
Decretive
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Having the force or nature of a decree; relating to something established by official decree.
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The council's decretive authority allowed it to settle the boundary dispute without a public vote.
Theologians distinguish God's decretive will, what is ordained to happen, from his moral will.
A note on using this word
A rare, mostly archaic and theological adjective built on 'decree'; it appears far more in old legal and religious texts than in modern speech.
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