approbative

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His supporters in New York, who range from Mayor Edward Koch to Philanthropist and Civic Leader Brooke Astor, also praise him in what has become an almost monotonously approbative Gregorian chant.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had both providence turning about the kingdom to him, and also the warrant of the Lord's approbative and preceptive will.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander

He answered, "All power is ordained of God by his provident will, but every power assumed by man is not so by his approbative and preceptive will."

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John

Blackbeard swore at him a great approbative oath.

From Kate Bonnet The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter by Stockton, Frank Richard

If the first, then they cannot intend any but those moral powers who are said to be of God, in respect of his approbative and preceptive will.

From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by Presbytery, The Reformed