Example Sentences

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"Hands off," was the imperative order of the proprietor, and I bowed to the decreer.

From The American Goliah by Anonymous

Each man is his own absolute lawgiver, the dispenser of glory or gloom to himself, the decreer of his life, his reward, his punishment.

From A Textbook of Theosophy by Leadbeater, C. W. (Charles Webster)