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Decreer :: Decreer (n.) One who decrees.

Will :: Will (v.) The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.

Ordinance :: Ordinance (n.) A rule established by authority; a permanent rule of action; a statute, law, regulation, rescript, or accepted usage; an edict or decree; esp., a local law enacted by a municipal government; as, a municipal ordinance..

Decretorily :: Decretorily (adv.) In a decretory or definitive manner; by decree.

Beatify :: Beatify (v. t.) To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of the blessed and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized..

Grace :: Grace (n.) An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree..

Areed :: Areed (v. t.) To decree; to adjudge.

Obtemper :: Obtemper (v. t. & i.) To obey (a judgment or decree).

Decreeing :: Decreeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decre.

Decretory :: Decretory (a.) Established by a decree; definitive; settled.

Fatality :: Fatality (n.) That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.

Infralapsarian :: Infralapsarian (n.) One of that class of Calvinists who consider the decree of election as contemplating the apostasy as past and the elect as being at the time of election in a fallen and guilty state; -- opposed to Supralapsarian. The former considered the election of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original purpose in regard to men.

Sentence :: Sentence (v. t.) To decree or announce as a sentence.

Act :: Act (n.) The result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress..

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) The taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. Also, a decree, mandate, or warrant..

Decree :: Decree (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty..

Decern :: Decern (v. t.) To decree; to adjudge.

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..

Decree :: Decree (n.) A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him.

Execute :: Execute (v. t.) To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process..

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