What is decreed or determined; a statute, ordinance.

The action of sending; that which is sent, a message, present; (God's) dispensation or ordinance.

That which is proclaimed by authority as a rule of action; an order issued by a sovereign to his subjects; an ordinance or proclamation having…

A decree or command made by a sovereign, ruler, or ruling body. Obsolete.

Something that is proclaimed (applied either to its substance or its form). Originally: a formal order issued by a monarch or other legal authority…

An ordinance, an observance; = justification, n. 3. Obsolete.

A copy. Cf. rescript, n. 1a.

An ordinance or edict set forth by the civil or other authority; an authoritative decision having the force of law.

plural. Customs ordained; ordinances. Obsolete.

An ordinance; a commandment; (also) an observance. Obsolete.

A thing which is ordained; an ordinance, decree, statute, law; a prescribed observance. Obsolete.

A dictate; a pronouncement; (also) that which is said or stated.

A decree or charter issued by a ruler, esp. the ruler of the Byzantine or Holy Roman empires. Frequently spec. (chiefly with the and capital…

A command, instruction, or ruling given by a recognized person or body.

A formal command, mandate, or edict, issuing from a person in authority. Cf. sense 5b. Obsolete. rare.

Dictation, bidding; (in plural) dictates.

Authoritative utterance or prescription; the making of a pronouncement or stipulation; †command, bidding (obsolete).

gen. An authoritative pronouncement, decree, command, order.

A decree, ruling, or directive; a categorical assertion or prescription. Cf. dictate, n. 3b.