- a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law: a presidential decree.
- a judicial decision or order.
- one of the eternal purposes of God, by which events are foreordained.
- to command, ordain, or decide by decree.
- an edict, law, etc, made by someone in authority
- an order or judgment of a court made after hearing a suit, esp in matrimonial proceedings
- to order, adjudge, or ordain by decree
