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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

decretorius

, from

decretum

. See

Established by a decree; definitive; settled.

The

decretory

rigors of a condemning sentence.

South.

Serving to determine; critical.

“The critical or decretory days.”

Sir T. Browne.

, a.

Judicial; definitive; established by a decree.

The decretory rigors of a condemning sentence.

Critical; determining; in which there is some definitive event; as, critical or decretory days.