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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’.

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   What does ukase mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of UKASE is a proclamation by a Russian emperor or government having the force of law. Ukase Has Russian Roots

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   Where did the word ukase come from?

   • Did you know? English speakers adopted ukase more or less simultaneously from French (ukase) and Russian (ukaz) in the early 18th century. The word can be traced further back to the Russian verb ukazat', meaning "to show" or "to order," and its ultimate source is an ancient root that led to similar words in Latin, Sanskrit, and Old Church Slavic.

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   When was ukase first used?

   • The earliest known use of the noun ukase is in the early 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for ukase is from 1729, in a translation by T. Consett. ukase is a borrowing from Russian. Etymons: Russian ukaz.

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   What is a ukase in Russia?

   • Prior to the 1917 October Revolution, the term applied in Russia to an edict or ordinance, legislative or administrative, having the force of law. A ukase proceeded either from the emperor or from the senate, which had the power of issuing such ordinances for the purpose of carrying out existing decrees.

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   What is a ukase edict?

   • The political ukase forbidding purchases from them must be withdrawn, and the markets must be thrown open to them again. An imperial ukase of February 15, 1899, reorganized the Diet according to a plan drawn up by Pobidonostzeff. Ukase definition: (in czarist Russia) an edict or order of the czar having the force of law..

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   How did a ukase work?

   • A ukase proceeded either from the emperor or from the senate, which had the power of issuing such ordinances for the purpose of carrying out existing decrees. All such decrees were promulgated by the senate. A difference was drawn between the ukase signed by the emperor’s hand and his verbal ukase, or order, made upon a report submitted to him.

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   In Imperial Russia, a ukase (/ juːˈkeɪz, - ˈkeɪs / [1][2]) or ukaz (Russian: указ [ʊˈkas]) was a proclamation of the tsar, government, [3] or a religious leadership (e.g., Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' or the Most Holy Synod) that had the force of law. "Edict" and "decree" are adequate translations using the terminology and ...

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   Ukase Has Russian Roots. a proclamation by a Russian emperor or government having the force of law; edict… See the full definition. Games & Quizzes; Games & Quizzes ...

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   Define ukase. ukase synonyms, ukase pronunciation, ukase translation, English dictionary definition of ukase. n. 1. An authoritative order or decree; an edict. 2. A ...

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   Ukase definition: (in czarist Russia) an edict or order of the czar having the force of law.. See examples of UKASE used in a sentence.

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   Sep 27, 2024 · ukase (plural ukases) An authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or later ruler. Many estates peopled with crown peasants have been, according to an of Peter the Great, ceded to particular individuals on condition of establishing manufactories ….

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   The earliest known use of the noun ukase is in the early 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for ukase is from 1729, in a translation by T. Consett. ukase is a borrowing from Russian. Etymons: Russian ukaz. See etymology.

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   2 meanings: 1. (in imperial Russia) an edict of the tsar 2. → a rare word for edict.... Click for more definitions.