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decree
[ dih-kree ]
noun
- a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law:
a presidential decree.
- Law. a judicial decision or order.
- Theology. one of the eternal purposes of God, by which events are foreordained.
verb (used with or without object)
- to command, ordain, or decide by decree.
decree
/ dɪˈkriː /
noun
- an edict, law, etc, made by someone in authority
- an order or judgment of a court made after hearing a suit, esp in matrimonial proceedings See decree nisi decree absolute
verb
- to order, adjudge, or ordain by decree
Derived Forms
- deˈcreer, noun
- deˈcreeable, adjective
Other Words From
- prede·cree verb (used with object) predecreed predecreeing
- unde·creed adjective
- well-de·creed adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of decree1
Example Sentences
Just two weeks later, the Sultan issued his decree that shariah, Islamic law, would be the new law of the land.
Justice Anthony Kennedy has more power than any president or justice in history to decree the law of the land.
Morever, every minister must be onfirmed by presidential decree.
We need to challenge this top-down decree that all web connections should, by default, be child-friendly.
A 2010 decree took it a step further: they will be stricken with a “crime against sacraments.”
The patriarchal decree of the government was a good deal of a joke on the plains, anyway—except when you were caught defying it!
A royal decree (December 31, 1622) orders the Dominicans in the Philippines not to meddle in affairs of government.
Do not heed the Governor-Generalʼs decree, calling you to arms, even though it cost you your lives.
The Spanish authorities issued a decree regulating the price of meat and other commodities.
How did the Spanish Government fulfil, on its part, the decree spontaneously issued in 1868?
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