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Imperial decree   /ɪmpˈɪriəl dɪkrˈi/   Listen
Imperial decree

noun
1.
A decree issued by a sovereign ruler.





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... this he accepted and brought home; but it was soon missing. He thought more of the starving poor than of any medal; so he sold it, and sent the cash it realized to the Lancashire Cotton Operatives, who were then literally starving. The Imperial Decree of China conferred upon him the rank of "Ti-tu," the very highest honour ever conferred upon a Chinese subject. Also the "Peacock's feather," "The Order of the Star," and the "Yellow Jacket." By these he was constituted one of the "Emperor's Body Guard." In a letter ...
— General Gordon - Saint and Soldier • J. Wardle
... countries may have been preserved, are henceforth to be written in French." The Bonaparte rule was not of a nature to restore former privileges. In spite of the feeble remonstrances that were urged against such arbitrary measures, an imperial decree of 1812 enjoined that all Flemish papers should appear ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. VI.,October, 1860.—No. XXXVI. - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics • Various


Words linked to "Imperial decree" :   order, edict, rescript, ukase, fiat, pragmatic, pragmatic sanction, decree


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