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Definition of 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.
• (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty.
• (n.) A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him.
• (n.) An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) To ordain by fate.
• (v. i.) To make decrees; -- used absolutely.

Synonyms of Decree

• Society
• Social Club
• Rewrite
• Order Of Magnitude
• Revision
• Revise
• Rescript
• Edict
• Gild
• Club
• Parliamentary Law
• Ordination
• Ordering
• Purchase Order
• Parliamentary Procedure
• Fiat
• Guild
• Rules Of Order
• Orderliness
• Order
• Lodge
• Monastic Order
• Revisal
• Rule
• Find
• Predominate
• Harness
• Dominate
• Prevail
• Govern
• Reign
• Rein
• Law
• Canon
• Economy
• Legislation
• Principle
• Code
• Mandate
• Regulation
• Command
• Enactment
• Commandment
• Formula
• Ordinance
• Statute
• Jurisprudence
• Polity
• Declare

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