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Just two weeks later, the Sultan issued his decree that shariah, Islamic law, would be the new law of the land.

Justice Anthony Kennedy has more power than any president or justice in history to decree the law of the land.

Morever, every minister must be onfirmed by presidential decree.

We need to challenge this top-down decree that all web connections should, by default, be child-friendly.

A 2010 decree took it a step further: they will be stricken with a “crime against sacraments.”

The patriarchal decree of the government was a good deal of a joke on the plains, anyway—except when you were caught defying it!

A royal decree (December 31, 1622) orders the Dominicans in the Philippines not to meddle in affairs of government.

Do not heed the Governor-Generalʼs decree, calling you to arms, even though it cost you your lives.

The Spanish authorities issued a decree regulating the price of meat and other commodities.

How did the Spanish Government fulfil, on its part, the decree spontaneously issued in 1868?

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On this page you'll find 149 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to decree, such as: act, announcement, directive, edict, injunction, and instruction.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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