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1. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
   "a friend in New Mexico said that the decree caused no trouble out there"
   - edict, fiat, order, rescript

1. Issue a decree
   "The King only can decree"
    
2. Decide with authority
   "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
   - rule

Derived forms: decreed, decreeing, decrees

Type of: act, decide, declare, determine, enactment, make up one's mind

Encyclopedia: Decree