decree

English

Etymology

From Middle English decre, decree, from Old French decré (French décret), from Latin dēcrētum.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkɹiː/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -iː

Noun

decree (plural decrees)

An edict or law.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 2:1:
  There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], OCLC 236076664:
  Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree?
(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.

Derived terms

Translations

edict or law

Arabic: أَمْر‎ (ar) m (ʾamr), مَرْسُوم‎ (ar) m (marsūm)
Armenian: պատգամ (hy) (patgam)
Old Armenian: հրովարտակ (hrovartak)
Azerbaijani: göstəriş, fərman (az), dekret
Bashkir: фарман (farman)
Belarusian: ука́з m (ukáz), дэкрэ́т m (dekrét), пастано́ва f (pastanóva)
Bulgarian: декре́т (bg) m (dekrét), у́каз (bg) m (úkaz)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 法令 (zh) (fǎlìng), 上諭／上谕 (zh) (shàngyù), 詔書／诏书 (zh) (zhàoshū)
Czech: dekret m
Danish: dekret n, forordning c
Egyptian:

(wḏ)
Esperanto: dekreto (eo)
Finnish: asetus (fi), määräys (fi), dekreetti
French: décret (fr) m
Galician: decreto (gl) m
Georgian: ბრძანებულება (brʒanebuleba)
German: Erlass (de) m, Dekret (de) n, Verordnung (de) f
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍆𐍄𐍃 f (gagrēfts)
Greek:
Ancient: δόγμα n (dógma), πρόσταγμα n (próstagma)
Hindi: न्यायिक आदेश (nyāyik ādeś), आज्ञा (hi) f (āgyā), डिक्री f (ḍikrī)
Hungarian: rendelet (hu), dekrétum
Indonesian: dekret (id), titah (id)
Irish: acht (ga) m
Italian: decreto (it) m, ordinanza (it) f
Japanese: 命令 (ja) (めいれい, meirei), 詔書 (ja) (しょうしょう, shōsho), 詔勅 (ja) (しょうちょく, shōchoku)
Korean: 법령(法令) (ko) (beomnyeong), 칙령(勅令) (ko) (chingnyeong)
Latin: ēdictum n, dēcrētum n, iussiō f
Macedonian: декре́т m (dekrét)
Malay: dekri
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forordning m or f

Nynorsk: forordning f
Persian: فرمان‎ (fa) (farmân)
Polish: dekret (pl) m
Portuguese: decreto (pt) m
Romanian: decret (ro) n
Russian: ука́з (ru) m (ukáz), декре́т (ru) m (dekrét), постановле́ние (ru) n (postanovlénije)
Slovak: dekrét m
Spanish: decreto (es) m
Swedish: dekret (sv) n, förordning (sv) c
Turkish: genelge (tr), sirküler (tr), kararname (tr)
Ukrainian: ука́з m (ukáz), декре́т m (dekrét), постано́ва f (postanóva)
Zazaki: qanunname m, ferman

judicial decision

Belarusian: пастано́ва f (pastanóva)
Bulgarian: постановле́ние (bg) n (postanovlénie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 判決／判决 (zh) (pànjué)
Danish: dom (da) c
Finnish: päätös (fi), määräys (fi)
German: Verfügung (de) f, Beschluss (de) m, Entscheid (de) m, Gerichtsentscheid (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: δικαίωμα n (dikaíōma)
Hungarian: végzés (hu), döntés (hu), határozat (hu)
Japanese: 判決 (ja) (はんけつ, hanketsu)
Korean: 결정(決定) (ko) (gyeoljeong)
Portuguese: decreto (pt) m
Russian: постановле́ние (ru) n (postanovlénije)
Spanish: decreto (es) m, ordenanza (es) f
Ukrainian: постано́ва f (postanóva)

determination of a cause

Finnish: päätös (fi), määräys (fi)

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Translations to be checked

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} مَرْسُوم‎ (ar) (marsūm)
French: ^{(please verify)} ordonnance (fr) f
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} فەرمان‎ (ku) (ferman)

Verb

decree (third-person singular simple present decrees, present participle decreeing, simple past and past participle decreed)

To command by a decree.
A court decrees a restoration of property.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Job 22:28:
  
  Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee.
- 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, OCLC 1380031, page 55:
  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.

Translations

to command by a decree

Danish: dekretere, forordne, bestemme (da)
Esperanto: dekreti
Finnish: antaa asetus, julistaa (fi), määrätä (fi)
French: décréter (fr)
German: bestimmen (de), verfügen (de), verordnen (de), dekretieren
Hungarian: elrendel (hu), határoz (hu), végzés t hoz/meghoz, rendelkezik (hu)
Irish: foraithin, reachtaigh, achtaigh
Latin: scisco
Old English: sċrīfan
Portuguese: decretar (pt)
Spanish: decretar (es)
Swedish: förordna (sv), dekretera (sv), påbjuda (sv), bestämma (sv)

Anagrams

recede

Middle English

Noun

decree

Alternative form of decre

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