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Meaning of "decretory" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DECRETORY

decretory  [dɪˈkriːtərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECRETORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decretory is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DECRETORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of decretory in the English dictionary

The definition of decretory in the dictionary is characterized by making an absolute and final decision.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECRETORY


artery
ˈɑːtərɪ
bijouterie
biːˈʒuːtərɪ
bootery
ˈbuːtərɪ
cautery
ˈkɔːtərɪ
cheatery
ˈtʃiːtərɪ
completory
kəmˈpliːtərɪ
deletory
dɪˈliːtərɪ
depletory
dɪˈpliːtərɪ
eaterie
ˈiːtərɪ
eatery
ˈiːtərɪ
excretory
ɪkˈskriːtərɪ
expletory
ɪkˈspliːtərɪ
neurosecretory
ˌnjʊərəʊsɪˈkriːtərɪ
nonsecretory
ˌnɒnsɪˈkriːtərɪ
peatary
ˈpiːtərɪ
Scutari
ˈskuːtərɪ
secretory
sɪˈkriːtərɪ
Tartary
ˈtɑːtərɪ
Tatary
ˈtɑːtərɪ
watery
ˈwɔːtərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECRETORY

decreet
decrement
decremental
decrepit
decrepitate
decrepitation
decrepitly
decrepitness
decrepitude
decresc.
decrescence
decrescendo
decrescent
decretal
decretalist
Decretals
decretist
decretive
Decretum
decrew

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECRETORY

depository
directory
factory
Federal Capital Territory
feretory
history
incretory
introductory
inventory
laboratory
love story
mandatory
regulatory
repository
respiratory
satisfactory
story
suppletory
territory
victory

Synonyms and antonyms of decretory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «decretory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECRETORY

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The translations of decretory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decretory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

decretory
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decretory
570 millions of speakers

English

decretory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

decretory
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

decretory
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

decretory
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decretory
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

decretory
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décrétoire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dekretori
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

decretory
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

法令の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

decretory
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Decretory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

decretory
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

decretory
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खुशामत करणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

decretory
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decretory
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

decretory
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

decretory
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decretory
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θεσμικά υπερκείμενη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

decreet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

decretory
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

decretory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decretory

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECRETORY»

The term «decretory» is normally little used and occupies the 136.236 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECRETORY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «decretory» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «decretory» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decretory

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECRETORY»

Discover the use of decretory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decretory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Medical Thermometry and Human Temperature
This latter and double elaboration, fever, febru. ends by an even resolution, \vais, or by a sort of revolution, Kpt,<r<;, at certain days called for this reason critical, decretory, or j udicia- tory. He — who is desirous to predict with certainty the ...
Edward Seguin, 1876
2
The Works of the Right Rev. John Sage, a Bishop of the ...
Indeed, all along, he appropriates only the supreme decretory power to the Bishop, and allows the executive power to Presbyters ; and he calls them Sub- Governors, Sub-Rulers, Inferior Church Rulers, and allows them subordinate cures ; nay ...
John Sage, 1846
3
Works: With Memoir and Notes
Indeed, all along, he appropriates only the supreme decretory power to the Bishop, and allows the executive power to Presbyters ; and he calls them Sub- Governors, Sub- Rulers, Inferior Church Rulers, and allows them subordinate cures ...
John Sage, 1846
4
Modal Adjectives: English Deontic and Evaluative ...
(OED 1651 Culpepper, Semeiotica Uranica 22) (40) The medicall month; introduced by Galen ... for the better compute of Decretory or Criticall dayes. ( OED 1646 Browne, Pseudodoxia epidemica IV. xii. 213) (41) If the Moon upon a Critical ...
An Van Linden, 2012
5
Imperial Reference Library: Comprising a General Encylopædia ...
The critical or decretory daji of the moon." — Brawn*. Decri'nl. ». A crying down; condemnation by public clamor or censure. Decri'er. n. One who cries down, or noisily censures; one who decries another. Decry', v. a. [Fr. dicrier — de, and crier , ...
6
Medical thermometry, and human temperature
This latter and double elaboration, fever, febris, ends by an even resolution, Xucrts, or by a sort of revolution, icpicris, at certain days called for this reason critical, decretory, or judiciatory. He — who is desirous to predict with certainty the  ...
Carl August Wunderlich, 1871
7
The revelation of law in Scripture: considered with respect ...
ordinances it points to the form of the contents as being of an imperative or decretory character, so that the expression may be fitly enough rendered, with Alford, ' the law of decretory commandments,' or of ' decretory ordinances,' with Ellicott.
Patrick Fairbairn, 1869
8
Suggestion of Protestant securities as connected with ...
The Treaty of Westphalia referred to a particular year, 1624, (which was called the decretory or decisive year,) as the period with relation to which all claims of either Roman Catholics or Protestants, upon ecclesiastical property, were to be ...
Robert John Wilmot HORTON (Right Hon. Sir), 1828
9
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
If the Accounting Officer does not pay the decretory amount, then he is committed to civil jail. This has worked in many cases. Mr. Olago: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the hon. Attorney General tell this House why successful litigants have got to beg ...
10
Protestant securities suggested, in an appeal to the ...
The Treaty of Westphalia referred to a particular year, 1624, (which was called the decretory or decisive year,) as the period with relation to which all claims of either Roman Catholics or Protestants, upon ecclesiastical property, were to be ...
sir Robert John Wilmot Horton (2nd bart.), 1828

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECRETORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term decretory is used in the context of the following news items.
1
6 Apartment Decorating Ideas On A College Budget
Before buying any cute decretory items, make sure to pick a color scheme that you and your roommates can agree upon. This doesn't have to ... «Uloop News, Mar 14»
2
First Circuit holds that solicitation is barred by non-compete …
According decretory significance to who makes the first contact would undermine this protection because that factor, standing alone, will rarely ... «Lexology, Sep 13»

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