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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
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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