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UKASE


3 entries found for ukase.

u·kase P Pronunciation Key (y-ks, -kz, yks, -kz)
n.
An authoritative order or decree; an edict.
A proclamation of a czar having the force of law in imperial Russia.

[French, from Russian ukaz, decree, from Old Church Slavonic ukaz, a showing, proof : u-, at, to + kazati, to point out, show.]