decree
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.
to command, ordain, or decide by decree.
Origin of decree
1Other words from decree
- pre·de·cree, verb (used with object), pre·de·creed, pre·de·cree·ing.
- un·de·creed, adjective
- well-de·creed, adjective
Words Nearby decree
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How to use decree in a sentence
On March 11, the Zelensky government issued a decree appointing Bensh to the board of Naftogaz.
Rick Perry’s Ukrainian Dream | by Simon Shuster, TIME, and Ilya Marritz, WNYC | September 10, 2020 | ProPublicaFor another thing, Grandpre notes that the consent decree has made it harder for his organization and others to demand specific state-level reforms, such as increasing funding for witness protection in Baltimore.
What Can Mayors Do When the Police Stop Doing Their Jobs? | by Alec MacGillis | September 3, 2020 | ProPublicaNow, the veteran officer said, the continued decline in arrest rates and proactive-policing levels are driven more by uncertainty over what is allowed under the city’s new consent decree, even after multiple training sessions.
What Can Mayors Do When the Police Stop Doing Their Jobs? | by Alec MacGillis | September 3, 2020 | ProPublicaAmong the elements of the city’s consent decree was a broadened definition of “use of force,” which required reporting even an arrestee’s complaint that handcuffs had caused physical pain.
What Can Mayors Do When the Police Stop Doing Their Jobs? | by Alec MacGillis | September 3, 2020 | ProPublicaWhat’s more, the Justice Department has imposed a decree on both agencies for decades that requires them to license songs to all comers.
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.
Will This Man Make Gay Marriage Legal Everywhere? | Stuart Taylor, Jr. | February 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMorever, every minister must be onfirmed by presidential decree.
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Tenders Bloody Resignation | Oleg Shynkarenko | January 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe 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!
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairA 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 Philippine Islands | John ForemanThe Spanish authorities issued a decree regulating the price of meat and other commodities.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanHow did the Spanish Government fulfil, on its part, the decree spontaneously issued in 1868?
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
British Dictionary definitions for decree
/ (dɪˈkriː) /
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
to order, adjudge, or ordain by decree
Origin of decree
1Derived forms of decree
- decreeable, adjective
- decreer, noun
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