Decree
noun
An official order made by a law court or government.
The court issued a decree ordering the company to stop the production.
Often appears as...
- issue a decree
- decree of court
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Formal
Technical
verb
To officially decide or order something.
The government decreed a national holiday in honor of the victory.
Often appears as...
- decree a law
- decree a holiday
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
An official order made by a law court or government.
The court issued a decree ordering the company to stop the production.
Often appears as...
- issue a decree
- decree of court
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To officially decide or order something.
The government decreed a national holiday in honor of the victory.
Often appears as...
- decree a law
- decree a holiday
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Legally Binding
A decree has the power to enforce law or policy, similar to legislation.
The king's decree became the new law of the land.
Pro Tip 2/3Official Pronouncement
Decrees are formal and authoritative, not casual suggestions.
The mayor's decree on curfew hours had to be followed.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Usage
Decrees are often associated with monarchies and historical rulings.
The ancient decree was discovered in the palace archives.
Pro Tip 1/3Legally Binding
A decree has the power to enforce law or policy, similar to legislation.
The king's decree became the new law of the land.
Pro Tip 2/3Official Pronouncement
Decrees are formal and authoritative, not casual suggestions.
The mayor's decree on curfew hours had to be followed.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Usage
Decrees are often associated with monarchies and historical rulings.
The ancient decree was discovered in the palace archives.
Pro Tip 1/3Legally Binding
A decree has the power to enforce law or policy, similar to legislation.
The king's decree became the new law of the land.
Pro Tip 2/3Official Pronouncement
Decrees are formal and authoritative, not casual suggestions.
The mayor's decree on curfew hours had to be followed.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Usage
Decrees are often associated with monarchies and historical rulings.
The ancient decree was discovered in the palace archives.
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Are the illuminati real?...
of alleged members of the Illuminati. Just as Illuminati members begun to secure important positions in local governments and universities, a 1784 decree by Duke Karl Theodor of Bavaria banned all secret societies. While a public ban on something ostensibly secret might seem difficult to enforce, in this case it worked.
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Corruption, wealth and...
with custom fittings, carved and gilded ornamentation, and seasonal fabrics, like silk and velvet. However, the majority of gondolas seen today are black because in 1562, Venetian authorities decreed that all but ceremonial gondolas be painted black
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Charmian Gooch: Meet...
Now, he really loved to issue presidential decrees. And one renamed the months of the year including after himself and his mother. He spent millions of dollars creating a bizarre personality cult, and his crowning glory was the building
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Meet global corruption's...
rich in natural gas now he really loved to issue presidential decrees and one renamed the months of the year including after himself and his mother he spent millions of dollars creating a bizarre personality cult and his crowning glory
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Neil MacGregor: 2600...
Much more important, it was the first multicultural, multifaith state on a huge scale. And it had to be run in a quite new way. It had to be run in different languages. The fact that this decree is in Babylonian says one thing.
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Are athletes really...
decreed that anyone who wanted to hold that record had to do so with essentially the same equipment that Eddy Merckx used in 1972. Where does the record stand today? 30 miles, 4,657 feet, a grand total of 883 feet
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How do executive orders...
Abraham Lincoln legally changed the status of over 3 million enslaved blacks across ten states from slave to free. His Emancipation Proclamation wasn't a law, or a presidential decree. It was an executive order.
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Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
not a black thorn is it I apologize it's just a very green decree status no sickle Bush so a lot of our trees and bushes are evergreen one of the most important ones in terms of animals due
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Mind-blowing illusions PIPE...
150 thousand fever witness transfer re redefine magic decree Association harris-san Ferrari pushed magical I believe you going trial is around conducting a secret world of directors hall
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The myth of Prometheus -...
soft fur, and sharp claws. Meanwhile, Prometheus shaped the first humans out of mud. He formed them in the image of the gods, but Zeus decreed they were too remain mortal
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Are the illuminati real?...
of alleged members of the Illuminati. Just as Illuminati members begun to secure important positions in local governments and universities, a 1784 decree by Duke Karl Theodor of Bavaria banned all secret societies. While a public ban on something ostensibly secret might seem difficult to enforce, in this case it worked.
Video examples
Corruption, wealth and...
with custom fittings, carved and gilded ornamentation, and seasonal fabrics, like silk and velvet. However, the majority of gondolas seen today are black because in 1562, Venetian authorities decreed that all but ceremonial gondolas be painted black
Video examples
Charmian Gooch: Meet...
Now, he really loved to issue presidential decrees. And one renamed the months of the year including after himself and his mother. He spent millions of dollars creating a bizarre personality cult, and his crowning glory was the building
Video examples
Meet global corruption's...
rich in natural gas now he really loved to issue presidential decrees and one renamed the months of the year including after himself and his mother he spent millions of dollars creating a bizarre personality cult and his crowning glory
Video examples
Neil MacGregor: 2600...
Much more important, it was the first multicultural, multifaith state on a huge scale. And it had to be run in a quite new way. It had to be run in different languages. The fact that this decree is in Babylonian says one thing.
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Are athletes really...
decreed that anyone who wanted to hold that record had to do so with essentially the same equipment that Eddy Merckx used in 1972. Where does the record stand today? 30 miles, 4,657 feet, a grand total of 883 feet
Video examples
How do executive orders...
Abraham Lincoln legally changed the status of over 3 million enslaved blacks across ten states from slave to free. His Emancipation Proclamation wasn't a law, or a presidential decree. It was an executive order.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
not a black thorn is it I apologize it's just a very green decree status no sickle Bush so a lot of our trees and bushes are evergreen one of the most important ones in terms of animals due
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Mind-blowing illusions PIPE...
150 thousand fever witness transfer re redefine magic decree Association harris-san Ferrari pushed magical I believe you going trial is around conducting a secret world of directors hall
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The myth of Prometheus -...
soft fur, and sharp claws. Meanwhile, Prometheus shaped the first humans out of mud. He formed them in the image of the gods, but Zeus decreed they were too remain mortal
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Hannah More
English Writer
The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot think or read.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.
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Baruch Spinoza
Dutch Philosopher
Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad.
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Jim Beaver
American Actor
More and more, I've started to understand that no show is dead unless somebody decrees it's dead at a studio.
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Sandi Toksvig
British Writer
The problem with money issued by any government is that its only value is what those in charge decree.
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Erma Bombeck
American Journalist
Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.
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Felix Frankfurter
American Judge
It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow.
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Virgil
Roman Poet
Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.
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Tom Malinowski
We believe in rule of law not rule by decree.
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Danny K. Davis
American Politician
I don't think you decree political positions.
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Hannah More
English Writer
The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot think or read.
Quote examples
Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.
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Baruch Spinoza
Dutch Philosopher
Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad.
Quote examples
Jim Beaver
American Actor
More and more, I've started to understand that no show is dead unless somebody decrees it's dead at a studio.
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Sandi Toksvig
British Writer
The problem with money issued by any government is that its only value is what those in charge decree.
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Erma Bombeck
American Journalist
Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.
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Felix Frankfurter
American Judge
It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow.
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Virgil
Roman Poet
Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.
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Tom Malinowski
We believe in rule of law not rule by decree.
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Danny K. Davis
American Politician
I don't think you decree political positions.
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