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Another word for authoritative

Adjective

  1. Having or arising from authority

    2. See also:

    true

  2. Worthy of belief, as because of precision or faithfulness to an original

    3. See also:

    true

  3. Serving the function of deciding or settling with finality

    4. See also:

    decide

  4. Exercising authority

    5. See also:

    strong

    over

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Sentence Examples

  • His character was at once authoritative and weak.

  • their own church's authoritative teachings are concerned.

  • Its independent value is small, but it sometimes fills a gap left by the more authoritative records.

  • The text of Ibelin became a textus receptus - but it also became overlaid by glosses, for it was used as authoritative in the kingdom of Cyprus after the loss of the kingdom of Jerusalem, and it needed expounding.

  • It is therefore reasonable to hold that the Hebrew Psalter was completed and recognized as an authoritative collection long enough before 130 B.C. to allow of its passing to the Greek-speaking Jews in Alexandria.

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