peremptory obedience

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• peremptory — ► ADJECTIVE 1) insisting on immediate attention or obedience; brusque and imperious. 2) Law not open to appeal or challenge; final. DERIVATIVES peremptorily adverb peremptoriness noun. ORIGIN Latin peremptorius deadly, decisive …   English terms dictionary

• peremptory — [pə rɛm(p)t(ə)ri, pɛrɪm ] adjective 1》 insisting on immediate attention or obedience; brusque and imperious. 2》 Law not open to appeal or challenge; final. Derivatives peremptorily adverb peremptoriness noun Origin ME: via Anglo Norman Fr. from L …   English new terms dictionary

• peremptorily — peremptory ► ADJECTIVE 1) insisting on immediate attention or obedience; brusque and imperious. 2) Law not open to appeal or challenge; final. DERIVATIVES peremptorily adverb peremptoriness noun. ORIGIN Latin peremptorius deadly, decisive …   English terms dictionary

• peremptoriness — peremptory ► ADJECTIVE 1) insisting on immediate attention or obedience; brusque and imperious. 2) Law not open to appeal or challenge; final. DERIVATIVES peremptorily adverb peremptoriness noun. ORIGIN Latin peremptorius deadly, decisive …   English terms dictionary

• masterful — masterful, domineering, imperious, peremptory, imperative are comparable when they apply to persons or their acts, utterances, and demands and mean governed by, or manifesting, a strong tendency to impose one s will on another. One is masterful… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• per|emp´to|ri|ness — per|emp|to|ry «puh REHMP tuhr ee; PEHR uhmp TR ee, TOHR », adjective, noun, plural ries. –adj. 1. leaving no choice; decisive; final; absolute; conclusive: »a peremptory decree. It is a peremptory point of virtue that a man s independence be… …   Useful english dictionary

• per|emp´to|ri|ly — per|emp|to|ry «puh REHMP tuhr ee; PEHR uhmp TR ee, TOHR », adjective, noun, plural ries. –adj. 1. leaving no choice; decisive; final; absolute; conclusive: »a peremptory decree. It is a peremptory point of virtue that a man s independence be… …   Useful english dictionary

• per|emp|to|ry — «puh REHMP tuhr ee; PEHR uhmp TR ee, TOHR », adjective, noun, plural ries. –adj. 1. leaving no choice; decisive; final; absolute; conclusive: »a peremptory decree. It is a peremptory point of virtue that a man s independence be secured (Emerson) …   Useful english dictionary

• education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium

• Jansenius and Jansenism — • The subject of this article lived three quarters of a century later than his namesake. He was born 28 October, 1585, of a Catholic family, in the village of Accoi, near Leerdam, Holland; died at Ypres, 6 May, 1638 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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