"Potestative" is a word in ENGLISH

To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- …

Authoritative; peremptory.

Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

An address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.

Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.

To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel …

Authoritative.

Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding.

Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial; peremptory; as, an authoritative tone.

A book with an authoritative exposition of some topic, respected by many who are experts in the field.

Emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative.

One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and …

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.

An authoritative ordinance, regulation or enactment; especially, one made by a Roman emperor, or one affecting ecclesiastical doctrine or discipline; …

An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one …

An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The …

Decretory; authoritative.

To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question.

To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to …