Definition of "decree"

decree

/dɪˈkɹiː/

noun
plural decrees
1. An edict or law.
  Quotations
  There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Luke 2:1
  Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree?
  1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […]
2. (law) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
3. (law) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
4. (religion) A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.
verb
third-person singular simple present decrees, present participle decreeing, simple past and past participle decreed
1. To command by a decree.
  Quotations
  Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Job 22:28
  In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea.
  1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, page 55
  The Nhasangs themselves are from Ngaba, which is in the Amdo region of northeastern Tibetan, a cultural borderland where Tibetan and Sichuan traditions meet. China has decreed that Ngaba is within Sichuan Province.
  2022 November 8, Pete Wells, “Restaurant Review: Why Does This Tibetan Kitchen Also Cook Sichuan Food?”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 2022-11-08, Food‎

Definition of "decree"

decree

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