Căt'e-gōr'ie-al, a.

a. 1. Pertaining to a category. 2. Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or exceptions; absolute; positive; express; as, a categorical proposition, syllogism, 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.