Definitions for ukaseyuˈkeɪs, -ˈkeɪz, ˈyu keɪs, -keɪz
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
u•kaseyuˈkeɪs, -ˈkeɪz, ˈyu keɪs, -keɪz(n.)
(in czarist Russia) an edict or order of the czar having the force of law.
Category: Western History
any order or proclamation by an absolute or arbitrary authority.
Category: Western History
Origin of ukase:
1720–30; < F < Russ ukáz, ORuss ukazŭ, n. der. of ukazati to show, indicate, assign
Princeton's WordNet
ukase(noun)
an edict of the Russian tsar
Wiktionary
ukase(Noun)
An authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or (later) emperor.
ukase(Noun)
Any absolutist order and/or arrogant proclamation
Origin: From указ, from указъ, from указать, from указати, itself formed from the intensifying prefix у- (denoting a concrete purpose) + казати. Compare Dutch oekaze, German Ukas, etc.
Webster Dictionary
Ukase(noun)
in Russia, a published proclamation or imperial order, having the force of law
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Ukase
an edict issued by the Czar, having the force of a law.
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