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   ukase

   /juːˈkeɪz/

   noun

   • 1. (in tsarist Russia) a decree with the force of law: "Tsar Alexander I issued his famous ukase unilaterally decreeing the North Pacific Coast Russian territory"
   • ▪ an arbitrary or peremptory command: "he was defying the publisher in the very building from which he had issued his ukase"

   Word Origin from Russian ukaz ‘ordinance, edict’, from ukazatʹ ‘show, decree’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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