dominative

Example Sentences

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By the same dominative power He can infringe and partially make void any marriage contract without entirely undoing it.

From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.

But against this latter view is to be set the consideration, that God is manifestly averse to using His dominative power to overturn natural ordinances.

From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.

The objectionable case of I. The personal pronoun in English has three cases, the dominative, the objectionable and the oppressive.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose

I shall never forget the well-meaning feeble villain, stricken down by remorse and impending terror, and the dominative Baron bullying him the while, with words supplied piecemeal by the sufferer.

From The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography by Murray, David Christie

Here again a dispensation differs from an annulment, for the latter requires, not the power of jurisdiction, but only dominative or domestic power.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome