Ukase

//juːˈkeɪz// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or later ruler.

    "Many estates peopled with crown peasants have been, according to an ukase of Peter the Great, ceded to particular individuals on condition of establishing manufactories […]"

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of ukase. alt-of
  3. 3
    an edict of the Russian tsar wordnet
  4. 4
    Any absolutist order or arrogant proclamation figuratively

    "I knew a stunned plunge of disappointment and a bitter anger. What right had he to issue such an arbitrary ukase?"

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ука́з (ukáz, “edict, decree”).

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