Definition of Decretive

1. a. Having the force of a decree; determining.

Definition of Decretive

1. Adjective. Having the authority of a decree. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decretive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decretive

decrepity
decrescendi
decrescendo
decrescendoed
decrescendoing
decrescendos
decrescent
decrescents
decretage
decretages
decretal
decretals
decretion
decretist
decretists
decretive (current term)
decretorial
decretorily
decretory
decrew
decrewed
decrewing
decrews
decrial
decrials
decried
decrier
decriers
decries
decriminalisation

Literary usage of Decretive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"Hence also, whatever event is in itself good, is an object of divine decree in it* antecedent ; and the event itself is connected with the decretive ..."

2. The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life by Jonathan Edwards, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1829)
"Hence also, whatever event is in itself good, is an object of divine decree in Ur antecedent ; and the event itself is connected with the decretive position ..."

3. A Careful and Strict Enquiry Into the Modern Prevailing Notions of that by Jonathan Edwards (1828)
"Hence also, whatever event is in itself good, is an object of divine decree m its antecedent ; and the event itself is connected with the decretive position ..."

4. The Court of the Gentiles, Or, A Discourse Touching the Original of Human by Theophilus Gale (1677)
"... of his décernent decretive Wil, but may very wcl, of his preceptive Wil. ... Gods decretive Wil is the Divine ..."

5. The Methodist Review (1885)
"And practically, it makes salvation objectively available to all upon the condition of faith. God's decretive will or design in making the ..."

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