Definition of Decree
Decree
de·cree
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
an announcement or statement, usually by some religious or legal authority, to be understood and instituted as law;
e.g. The senator made a decree about wearing masks out in public.
(verb)
to order or command by decree;
e.g. To decree a national mask mandate in the rise of the pandemic.
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