IMPERIAL DECREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does imperial decree mean? 

• IMPERIAL DECREE (noun)
  The noun IMPERIAL DECREE has 1 sense:

1. a decree issued by a sovereign ruler

  Familiarity information: IMPERIAL DECREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPERIAL DECREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A decree issued by a sovereign ruler

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("imperial decree" is a kind of...):

decree; edict; fiat; order; rescript (a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "imperial decree"):

ukase (an edict of the Russian tsar)

pragmatic; pragmatic sanction (an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land)