Decree vs Destiny - What's the difference?
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An edict or law.
* Bible, Luke ii. 1
* Shakespeare
(legal) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
(legal) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
To command by a decree.
* Bible, Job xxii. 28
That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.
The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.
As nouns the difference between decree and destiny
is that decree is an edict or law while destiny is that to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.As a verb decree
is to command by a decree.As a proper noun Destiny is
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English
Noun
(en noun)- There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
- Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree ?
Usage notes
* It is accurate to use the word judgment' for a decision of a '''court of law''', and '''decree''' from a ' court of equity , although the former term now includes both.Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Verb
(d)- A court decrees a restoration of property.
- Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee.