How do you use the word "decree" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "decree": I need to escape from this decree. "Now, by Fate's decree, / here with the mother of the Gods I dwell."

Decree Meaning

/dɪˈkɹiː/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAn edict or law.

nounThe judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.

Sentence Examples

I need to escape from this decree.

"Now, by Fate's decree, / here with the mother of the Gods I dwell."

Putin signed a decree about the appointment of a new government.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

rule order edict

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The king issued a royal ____ banning the use of mobile phones in the palace.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I need to escape from this ____.

Word Origin & History

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

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 2:1:

"Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree?" — 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:

"Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 22:28:

"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." — 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, page 55:

"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." — 2022 November 8, Pete Wells, “Restaurant Review: Why Does This Tibetan Kitchen Also Cook Sichuan Food?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2022, Food:

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