Decree and Saying

Decree

Decree noun - A statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned.

Saying and decree are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Saying" instead a noun "Decree".

Nearby Words: decreed, decreeing

Saying

Saying noun - An often stated observation regarding something from common experience.
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Synonyms for Saying

Decree and saying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decree" instead a noun "Saying".

Nearby Word: say

How words are described

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Both words in one sentence

  • Shot at Dawn Unfortunately a decree has been passed saying that any assault on a German soldier is punishable by death.
    Source: Shot at Dawn
  • Film / The Ten Commandments His Name Is...: Seti on his deathbed breaks his own decree by saying Moses's name.
  • Dummied Out Due to Exact Words in a allied decree from the 1940s saying the Deutsche Reichsbahn would run the S-Bahn of all West-Berlin and said "Reichsbahn" being de facto the GDR railway, the East German government ran the West Berlin S-Bahn.
    Source: Dummied Out
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