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decretory

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dec⋅re⋅to⋅ry

  [dek-ri-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to or following a decree.
2. established by a decree; judicial.
Origin:
1570–80; < L dēcrētōrius decisive, crucial, equiv. to dēcrē-, var. s. of dēcernere (see decern, decree ) + -tōrious -tory 1
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dec·re·to·ry   (děk'rĭ-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē, dĭ-krē'tə-rē)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or having the force of a decree.
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