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ukase

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u⋅kase

  [yoo-keys, -keyz, yoo-keys, -keyz]
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–noun
1. (in czarist Russia) an edict or order of the czar having the force of law.
2. any order or proclamation by an absolute or arbitrary authority.
Origin:
1720–30; < F < Russ ukáz, ORuss ukazŭ, n. deriv. of ukazati to show, indicate, assign, command, equiv. to u- prefix + kazati to show, order

Synonyms:
2. edict, directive, ruling, decree, fiat.
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u·kase   (yōō-kās', -kāz', yōō'kās', -kāz')   
n.  

  1. An authoritative order or decree; an edict.

  2. A proclamation of a czar having the force of law in imperial Russia.


[French, from Russian ukaz, decree, from Old Church Slavonic ukazŭ, a showing, proof : u-, at, to + kazati, to point out, show.]
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Word Origin & History

ukase 
1729, "decree issued by a Russian emperor," from Rus. ukaz "edict," from ukazat' "to show, decree," from O.C.S. ukazati, from u-, intens. prefix, + kazati "to show, order," which is related to the first element of Casimir.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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