"ukase" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /juːˈkeɪz/, /ˈjuːkeɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ukase.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ukases [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪz Etymology: Borrowed from Russian ука́з (ukáz, “edict, decree”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|ука́з||edict, decree}} Russian ука́з (ukáz, “edict, decree”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ukase (plural ukases)
  1. An authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or later ruler. Categories (topical): Directives Translations (proclamation from the Russian ruler): ucàs [masculine] (Catalan), oekaze (Dutch), ukazo (Esperanto), ukaasi (Finnish), oukase (French), ukase (French), Ukas [masculine] (German), ukáz (Hungarian), ukase [masculine] (Italian), ukase [masculine] (Portuguese), ucase [masculine] (Portuguese), ука́з (ukáz) [masculine] (Russian), указ [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ukáz [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-ukase-en-noun-ignzRB06 Disambiguation of Directives: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'proclamation from the Russian ruler': 74 26
  2. (figuratively) Any absolutist order or arrogant proclamation Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Directives Synonyms: diktat Translations (any absolutist or arrogant order): ucàs [masculine] (Catalan), oekaze (Dutch), ukaasi (Finnish), oukase (French), ukase (French), Ukas [masculine] (German), ukáz (Hungarian), ukase [masculine] (Italian), dekret [masculine] (Slovene)
    Sense id: en-ukase-en-noun-~4vSVjTR Disambiguation of Directives: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'any absolutist or arrogant order': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (place): Russia Synonyms: ukaz, Ukaz, Ukase Related terms: decree, edict
Disambiguation of Russia: 0 0

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