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ukase
Part of speech: NounFormerly, a degree of the Czar of Russia taking effect as law; hence, any official degree or proclamation.
Usage examples "ukase":- Had he tamely submitted to Napoleon's ukase and placed his fleet and his vast colonial empire at the service of France, it is doubtful whether even the high- souled Canning would not have stooped to surrender in face of odds so overwhelming. - "The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)", John Holland Rose.
- It states that since the ukase of November 13, 1844, i. - "The Haskalah Movement in Russia", Jacob S. Raisin.
- In 1890 there appeared a ukase ordering the return of the Jews to those provinces and districts where they had been formerly allowed to settle- that is, chiefly in the South and West; and all foreign Jews were expelled from the Empire. - "The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)", John Holland Rose.