Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An authoritative order or decree; an edict.
- noun A proclamation of a czar having the force of law in imperial Russia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An edict or order, legislative or administrative, emanating from the Russian government.
- noun Hence Any official proclamation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun In Russia, a published proclamation or imperial order, having the force of law.
- noun an order or edict by someone holding absolute authority.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
authoritative proclamation ; anedict , especially decreed by a Russianczar or (later) emperor. - noun figuratively Any
absolutist order and/or arrogantproclamation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an edict of the Russian tsar
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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U.S. v. Alaska, 422 U.S. 184, 190 (1975) (“in 1821, Tsar Alexander I issued a ukase that purported to exclude all foreign vessels from the waters within 100 miles of the Alaska coast”).
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Russian Influence on American Law 2010
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At his ukase the population ebbed and flowed over a hundred thousand miles of territory, and cities sprang up or disappeared at his bidding.
CHAPTER 5 2010
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But no drug maker, ever, has formally and so publicly challenged the ukase of the FDA—an agency that can make or break companies and is known for punishing those who challenge it.
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Am I to expect tomorrow your ukase that I give up Scotch and soda or your patronage?
The House of Pride and Other Tales of Hawaii:The House of Pride 2010
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The unfortunate governor's ukase had precipitated a general debauch for all hands.
Chapter 16 2010
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But no drug maker, ever, has formally and so publicly challenged the ukase of the FDA—an agency that can make or break companies and is known for punishing those who challenge it.
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And, like his olden nights, his ukase went forth that there should be no quarrelling nor fighting, offenders to be dealt with by him personally.
Chapter XIII 2010
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Its certainly more artful typography than that of the Economist, which goes in the opposite direction on all these measures as if following the ukase white space bad; more words good.
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Its certainly more artful typography than that of the Economist, which goes in the opposite direction on all these measures as if following the ukase white space bad; more words good.
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But we rested, too, inside our bedded gulag, a mutual blasphemy that was one great, unobeyed ukase, our traitorous lie as yet unpunished in any Sibirskoye labor camp.
Soviet Adam Henry Carri 2010
rolig commented on the word ukase
Frum the Russian word указ – ukaz, "edict".
January 3, 2008