decree
/dɪˈkɹiː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.82 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
noun
A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.
verb
To command by a decree.
Example Sentences
- "There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed."
- "Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree?"
- "A court decrees a restoration of property."
- "Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
From Middle English decre, decree, from Old French decré (French décret), from Latin dēcrētum.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: decre, decré, dēcrētum