Definitions

decretum

NOUN

canon

Synonyms

STRONGEST

precept tenet

STRONG

assize catalogue command commandment criterion declaration decree dictate doctrine dogma formula law list maxim order ordinance principle regulation roll screed standard statute table touchstone yardstick

Antonyms

STRONG

disorganization lawlessness unbelief

NOUN

decree

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act announcement directive edict injunction instruction judgment law order proclamation regulation rule ruling statute

STRONG

behest bidding charge charging command commandment declaration dictum direction enactment ordinance precept prescript promulgation pronouncement rap say ukase

WEAK

the riot act the word

Antonyms

STRONGEST

answer disorganization lawlessness

NOUN

edict

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commandment decree directive injunction judgment mandate precept proclamation regulation ruling statute

STRONG

act canon command dictate dictum enactment fiat instrument law manifesto ordinance prescript pronunciamento rule ukase writ

Antonyms

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request

NOUN

institute

Synonyms

STRONG

convention decree doctrine dogma edict establishment fixture habit maxim ordinance practice precedent precept prescript principle regulation rite ritual rule statute tenet tradition

Antonyms

STRONG

unbelief

NOUN

law

Synonyms

STRONGEST

act case charge charter code constitution decision decree legislation mandate measure order precedent regulation requirement ruling statute

STRONG

assize behest bidding bylaw canon caveat command commandment covenant demand dictate divestiture edict enactment equity garnishment injunction institute instruction jurisprudence notice ordinance precept prescript prescription subpoena summons warrant writ

WEAK

due process reg

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disorganization lawlessness

WEAK

transgression

NOUN

precept

Synonyms

STRONGEST

axiom canon commandment doctrine dogma edict tenet

STRONG

behest bidding byword command decree direction formula fundamental guideline injunction instruction law mandate maxim motto order ordinance prescript principle regulation rule saying statute

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ambiguity unbelief

STRONG

answer disorganization lawlessness

NOUN

regulation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

code decree law order principle procedure statute

STRONG

Bible book canon commandment dictate direction edict numbers ordinance precept prescript

WEAK

chapter and verse no-no's reg standing order

Antonyms

STRONGEST

lawlessness

WEAK

deregulation disorganization mismanagement

NOUN

statute

Synonyms

STRONGEST

act bill decree edict measure regulation

STRONG

assize canon enactment ordinance precept

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Pars alia et hanc pellit, astroque suo eventus assignat, nascendi legibus; semelque in omnes futuros unquam Deo decretum; in reliquum vero otium datum.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

Hæc et alia hujusmodi cum protulissem, non valere, nisi eousque, ut decretum sit, si impetrare pacem potuissem vitæ parceretur.

From Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study by Waters, W. G. (William George)

Sacra Congregatio censuit servandum esse decretum vicarii in Ecclesia Cathedrali ne in posterum celebrentur Missae defunctorum nisi cum colore nigro vel saltem violaceo ...

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 by Various

Ea re in eodem Senatu decretum esse, ut inde recta Pontifex cum Cardinalibus in aedem D. Marci concederet, Deoque Opt.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

Quoad primam partem, negative, juxta decretum, Feria iv.,

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

decretum

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