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decree🔊

An edict or law.

(law) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.

(law) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.

(religion) A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.

To command by a decree.

💬 Quotations
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
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.
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