IMPERIAL DECREE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)