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Decree vs Predestine - What's the difference?

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Decree is a related term of predestine.


As verbs the difference between decree and predestine

is that decree is to command by a decree while predestine is .

As a noun decree

is an edict or law.

decree

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An edict or law.
  • * Bible, Luke ii. 1
  • There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree ?
  • (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.
  • 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

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    Verb

    (d)
  • To command by a decree.
  • A court decrees a restoration of property.
  • * Bible, Job xxii. 28
  • Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee.

    Anagrams

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    predestine

    English

    Verb

    (predestin)
  • To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
  • (theology) To foreordain by divine will.
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