† commandatoryadj.
Obsolete.
Of the nature of a command, mandatory, compulsory.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective]
preceptivec1485
mandatoryc1487
preceptory1508
commissional1528
preceptory1574
peremptory1576
imperative1577
jussory1613
commandatorya1659
commandivea1680
imperatorial1690
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective] > done, produced, or obtained by compulsion
threata1400
constraintc1430
compelled1541
compulsed1541
violent?1550
extorted1552
wrested1565
coacted1570
enforced1576
forced1576
compulsory1581
commandeda1586
coactive1596
infortiate1601
extortious1602
coact1610
compulsive1611
exacted1618
necessitous1632
violented1641
necessary1655
on-forced1656
commandatorya1659
extorsive1669
compellable1677
compulsatory1748
obbligato1780
coerced1877
mandatory1891
shotgun1937
a1659 Bp. T. Morton Ἐπισκοπος Ἀποστολικος (1670) 73 How commandatory the apostolical authority was.
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 71 To help the King's necessities..by a commandatory loan.
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