单词 | decretory |
释义 | decretoryadj. Now rare or Obsolete. 1. a. Of the nature of, involving, or relating to, a decree, authoritative decision, or final judgement. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > ordaining, prescribing, or appointing decretala1610 decretive1609 prescriptive1610 decretorya1631 decernent1677 decretorial1778 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 165 We banish..all imaginary fatality, and all decretory impossibility of concurrence, and co-operation to our owne salvation. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. vii. 37 Those decretory and finall words of S. Paul: He that defiles a Temple, him will God destroy. 1673 R. Baxter Let. in Answer to Mr. Dodwell 82 You appropriate the Decretory Power to your Monarch; and communicate only the executive. 1737 L. Clarke Compl. Hist. Bible II. v. 128 Jesus knowing they had passed a decretory Sentence against Him. 1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca i. xvi. 77 The decretory sentence was passed. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [adjective] sickerc1100 bolda1300 surec1330 trist1340 certain1362 traista1400 tresta1400 ensurec1430 suredc1450 absolute1483 firm1483 resolute1501 assured1523 satisfied1533 unperplexed1558 unblanked1570 resolved1577 secure1578 clear1604 constant1611 ungravelled1611 confidenta1616 definitea1616 fearless1634 decretory1651 positive1658 unbrangled1671 cocksure1672 convinced1685 reliant1702 unbewildereda1807 positivistic1893 hensure1929 tooting1932 1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. xi. 136 They that with..a loose tongue are too decretory, and enunciative of speedy judgement. 1655 Bp. J. Taylor Vnum Necessarium vii. §1 I will not be decretory in it, because the Scripture hath said nothing of it. 1672 H. Dodwell Two Lett. Advice i. 131 If I may seem decretory in resolving positively some things controverted among learned men. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adjective] stallc1275 unflichinga1340 adviseda1393 affirmed1440 constant1481 resolved1518 resolute1522 well-settled?1532 ratified1533 unbashed1536 bent1548 well-resolved1565 unabashed1571 determinate1587 undaunted1587 peremptory1589 confirmed1594 decretal1608 pight1608 intent1610 definitivea1616 unshrinkinga1616 naylessa1618 pitched1642 decisive1658 martyrly1659 certain1667 fell1667 decretory1674 martyrial1678 decretorian1679 invariable1696 unflinching1728 hell-bent1731 decided1767 determined1773 iron-headed1787 adamantine1788 unwincing1802 stick-at-nothing1805 adamant1816 hard-set1818 rock-like1833 bound1844 do-or-die1851 unbased1860 focused1888 capable de tout1899 purposive1903 go-for-broke1946 hard rock1947 take-no-shit1992 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] > conclusive, decisive definitivec1386 evident1421 concludent1571 deciding1577 decisive1584 decretal1608 decisory1611 concluding1620 evictive1624 silencing1646 conclusive1649 decretory1674 decretorian1679 decisional1687 critical1753 crucial1830 clinching1873–4 1674 J. Evelyn Navigation & Commerce 33 That Decretory Battail at Actium. 1692 M. Morgan Poem Late Victory 7 In which was struck this decretory Blow. 1718 F. Hutchinson Hist. Ess. conc. Witchcraft xi. 137 They tried..their Claims to Land, by Combat, or the Decretory Morsel. 1737 W. Whiston in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. p. cv There is one particular observation..that seems to me to be decretory. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [adjective] > critical critic?c1400 judicial?1543 critical1556 decretory1577 decretorial1588 decretorian1679 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 77v The third of May (which is the last decretorie day of the Uine). 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 500 The foure decretorie or criticall daies, that giue the doome of Oliue trees, either to good or bad. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xii. 213 The medicall month; introduced by Galen..for the better compute of Decretory or Criticall dayes. View more context for this quotation 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. iv. vii. 228/2 When the Decretory Hour of Death overtakes you. 1890 E. Johnson Rise Christendom 104 I look intrepidly forward to yonder decretory hour [of death]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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