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Preordain vs Decree - What's the difference?

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Preordain is a related term of decree.


As verbs the difference between preordain and decree

is that preordain is to determine the fate of something in advance while decree is to command by a decree.

As a noun decree is

an edict or law.

preordain

English

Verb

  • To determine the fate of something in advance
  • * 1874 ,
    • A child! If here the heart turns sick with rath
    To see a little one from birth defiled,
    Or lame or blind, as preordained to languish
    Through youthless life

    Synonyms

    * foreordain * predestine * predetermine

    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

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    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.

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