Dictionary entry

Categorical

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cat′e‐gor″ic‐al (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a category.

2. Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express; as, a categorical proposition, or answer.

The scriptures by a multitude of categorical and intelligible decisions... distinguish between the things seen and temporal and those that are unseen and eternal.

I. Taylor.