Word Meanings - DECRETE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A decree. Chaucer.

Related words: (words related to DECRETE)

• DECREET
  The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided.
• DECREE
  An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils. Syn. -- Law; regulation; edict; ordinance. See Law. (more info) decretus, p. p. of decernere to decide;
• DECREER
  One who decrees. J. Goodwin.
• DECREEABLE
  Capable of being decreed.
• UNDECREED
  Not decreed. 2. Etym: (more info) 1. Etym: