decreet
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of decreet
C14: decret , from Old French, from Latin dēcrētum decree
Example Sentences
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Whey they sayn ot King Harry hon decreet ot we're to ha' naw more monks or friars i' aw Englondshiar.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison
Doom's done wi'; it's his decreet, and I'm no' a day ower soon wi' the promise o' the Red Sodger—for the which I'm muckle obleeged to you, Factor.
From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil
But it went, he said, just like a decreet in absence, and was lost for want of a contradictor.
From Redgauntlet by Scott, Walter, Sir
It 's dated, tested, a' complete; The proper stamp, nae word delete; And diligence, as on decreet, May pass for her annuity.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
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