What does decree mean?
Definitions for decree
dɪˈkride·cree
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word decree.
Princeton's WordNet
decree, edict, fiat, order, rescriptverb
a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
"a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
decreeverb
issue a decree
"The King only can decree"
rule, decreeverb
decide with authority
"The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
Wiktionary
decreenoun
An edict or law.
decreenoun
The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
decreenoun
The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty, or a court of probate.
decreeverb
To command by a decree.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Decreenoun
Etymology: decretum, Latin.
If you deny me, fie upon your law!
There is no force in the decrees of Venice. William Shakespeare.There went a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. Luke ii. 1.
Are we condemn’d by fate’s unjust decree,
No more our houses and our homes to see? John Dryden, Virg.The Supreme Being is sovereignly good; he rewards the just, and punishes the unjust: and the folly of man, and not the decree of heaven, is the cause of human calamity. William Broome.
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder. Job xxviii. 26.
John Ayliffe, Parergon.
To Decreeverb
To doom or assign by a decree.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established. Job.
The king their father,
On just and weighty reasons, has decreed
His sceptre to the younger. Nicholas Rowe, Ambitious Step-mother.To DECREEverb
To make an edict; to appoint by edict; to establish by law; to determine; to resolve.
Etymology: decretum, Latin.
They shall see the end of the wise, and shall not understand what God in his counsel hath decreed of him. Wisd. iv.
Father eternal! Thine is to decree;
Mine, both in heav’n and earth, to do thy will. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x. l. 68.Had heav’n decreed that I should life enjoy,
Heav’n had decreed to save unhappy Troy. John Dryden, Æn.
Wikipedia
Decree
A decree is a legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state such as the president of a republic, or a monarch (a royal decree), according to certain procedures (usually established in a constitution). It has the force of law. The particular term used for this concept may vary from country to country. The executive orders made by the President of the United States, for example, are decrees (although a decree is not exactly an order).
ChatGPT
decree
A decree is an official order or decision made by a legal authority or high-ranking individual, typically in a governmental or institutional context. It often holds the force of law and is used to command or prohibit something.
Webster Dictionary
Decreenoun
an order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru// decision
Decreenoun
a decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty
Decreenoun
a determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him
Decreenoun
an edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils
Decreeverb
to determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property
Decreeverb
to ordain by fate
Decreeverb
to make decrees; -- used absolutely
Wikidata
Decree
A decree is a rule of law usually issued by a head of state, according to certain procedures. It has the force of law. The particular term used for this concept may vary from country to country—the executive orders made by the President of the United States, for example, are decrees. In non-legal English usage, however, the term refers to any authoritarian decision.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Decree
de-krē′, n. an order by one in authority: an edict or law: a judicial decision: a predetermined purpose.—v.t. to decide or determine by sentence in law: to appoint.—v.i. to make a decree:—pr.p. decree′ing; pa.p. decreed′.—adjs. Decree′able, capable of being decreed; Decrē′tive, having the force of a decree; Dec′rētory, Decretō′rial, established by a decree: determining: judicial.—Decree nisi (L. nisi, unless), a decree that becomes absolute unless cause be shown to the contrary—granted esp. in divorce cases. [O. Fr. decret—L. decretum—decernĕre, to decide.]
Editors Contribution
decree
A form of rule or legislation.
The mayoral decree is welcomed as she ensures that the vehicle spaces at the town are free to all to use.
Submitted by MaryC on March 13, 2020
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British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'decree' in Nouns Frequency: #2863
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Anagrams for decree »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of decree in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of decree in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of decree in a Sentence
This decree is illogical, people are going to be at home consuming energy all the same.
In the whole vast dome of living nature there reigns an open violence, a kind of prescriptive fury which arms all the creatures to their common doom: as soon as you leave the inanimate kingdom you find the decree of violent death inscribed on the very frontiers of life.
Now, as we said earlier, people of color represent well over 50 % of the city of Rochester's population so our consent decree should reflect that.
Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law. All the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.
We demand, via all global diplomatic channels, that President Obama rectify and repeal the immoral decree declaring Venezuela a threat to the United States.
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- مرسومArabic
- verordnen, dekretieren, bestimmen, verfügenGerman
- ordenanza, decreto, decretarSpanish
- فرمانPersian
- antaa asetus, säädös, päätös, asetus, julistus, julistaa, määräys, määrätä, dekreettiFinnish
- décretFrench
- foraithin, reachtaigh, achtIrish
- elrendelHungarian
- պատգամArmenian
- DecretoItalian
- צוHebrew
- sciscoLatin
- dekretPolish
- decretoPortuguese
- decretRomanian
- постановлениеRussian
- bestämma, påbjuda, dekretera, förordning, dekret, förordnaSwedish
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