Definition of authoritative

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Authoritative (a.) Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial; peremptory; as, an authoritative tone..

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Command :: Command (n.) An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.
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..
Authentic :: Authentic (n.) Authoritative.
Document :: Document (n.) That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.
Admonition :: Admonition (n.) Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.
Dictator :: Dictator (n.) One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
Prescribe :: Prescribe (v. t.) To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct..
Cathedral :: Cathedral (a.) Emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative..
Institute :: Institute (a.) Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n..
Dictum :: Dictum (n.) An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm.
Inauthoritative :: Inauthoritative (a.) Without authority; not authoritative.
Imperative :: Imperative (a.) Expressive of command; containing positive command; authoritatively or absolutely directive; commanding; authoritative; as, imperative orders..
Veto :: Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
Allocution :: Allocution (n.) An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.
Magistral :: Magistral (a.) Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.
Dictate :: Dictate (v. t.) To say; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command) to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose; as, to dictate the terms of a treaty; a general dictates orders to his troops..
Decree :: Decree (n.) An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru// decision..
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..
Textuary :: Textuary (a.) Serving as a text; authoritative.
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..
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