noun
- official orders or decisions made by a person or group in authority
verb
- to officially order or decide something
Examples
- The king issued several decrees about taxation.
- The court decrees that the defendant must pay damages.
- Government decrees often affect citizens’ daily lives.
- The judge decrees a temporary restraining order.
- Royal decrees were posted throughout the kingdom.
- The council decrees new parking regulations.
- Emergency decrees were put into effect immediately.