ukase

Definition

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

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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 […]"
• "An Ukase, it appears, has been issued by the Emperor Alexander, to facilitate the introduction of calimancoes and other Norwich goods into his Empire."
• "Two years ago, the word went forth to friend and foe alike that gender applied to grammar while sex applied to people. I issued the ukase: “If you have a friend of the female sex, you are a red-blooded American boy; if you have a friend of the feminine gender, you have an unnatural attachment to a word.”"

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