Decreed (Adjective)
Meaning
Fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time)".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The council decreed that the meeting would be held at exactly 2 PM on Fridays.
- According to tradition, the summer solstice was the day decreed for the ancient festival.
- By law, the national holiday was decreed to be celebrated on the last Monday of May.
- In the will, it was decreed that the majority of the estate would go to the eldest son.
- The king had decreed that all his subjects would observe a day of mourning on the anniversary of his father's death.