Definition of decree

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Decree (n.) 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..

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Decretory :: Decretory (a.) Established by a decree; definitive; settled.
Attentat :: Attentat (n.) A proceeding in a court of judicature, after an inhibition is decreed..
Decretorily :: Decretorily (adv.) In a decretory or definitive manner; by decree.
Decretive :: Decretive (n.) Having the force of a decree; determining.
Decern :: Decern (v. t.) To decree; to adjudge.
Placit :: Placit (n.) A decree or determination; a dictum.
Protestant :: Protestant (v.) One who protests; -- originally applied to those who adhered to Luther, and protested against, or made a solemn declaration of dissent from, a decree of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church..
Abolition :: Abolition (n.) The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc..
Irade :: Irade (n.) A decree of the Sultan.
Doom :: Doom (v. t.) To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate..
Unrighteous :: Unrighteous (a.) Contrary to law and equity; unjust; as, an unrighteous decree or sentence..
Undecreed :: Undecreed (a.) Not decreed.
Fate :: Fate (n.) A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned.
Enjoin :: Enjoin (v. t.) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
Predestine :: Predestine (v. t.) To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.
Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.
Predestinate :: Predestinate (v. t.) To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preelect.
Areed :: Areed (v. t.) To decree; to adjudge.
Injunction :: Injunction (n.) That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
Stern :: Stern (superl.) Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree..
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