decree

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
verb issue a decree
verb decide with authority

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

This whole act’s immutably decreed. — Moby Dick; Or, The Whale, Herman Melville
And who decreed it so? — Nicanor - Teller of Tales : A Story of Roman Britain, C. Bryson Taylor
Nutus, the jeddak, has so decreed. — Thuvia, maid of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs

edict, fiat, order, rescript

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