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

Adjutant :: Adjutant (n.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty..

Issue :: Issue (n.) The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury..

Great :: Great (superl.) Superior; admirable; commanding; -- applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings..

Praecipe :: Praecipe (n.) A writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting it..

Attachment :: Attachment (n.) The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.

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

Sorcery :: Sorcery (n.) Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the power of commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment..

Commanding :: Commanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comman.

Injunction :: Injunction (n.) The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting..

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

Mandamus :: Mandamus (n.) A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty..

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

Nobility :: Nobility (n.) The quality or state of being noble; superiority of mind or of character; commanding excellence; eminence.

Barrier :: Barrier (n.) A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach..

Subpoenaed :: Subpoena (n.) A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill..

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..

Statute :: Statute (n.) An act of the legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with all the requisite forms of legislation; -- used in distinction fraom common law. See Common law, under Common, a..

Imperant :: Imperant (a.) Commanding.

Commandingly :: Commandingly (adv.) In a commanding manner.

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