Sentence examples for imperial decree from inspiring English sources
noun
A decree issued by a sovereign.
An imperial decree annulled his first marriage in 1807.
In 1865 he was made a senator by imperial decree.
China had a complex costume system put in place by imperial decree.
("The Plum in the Golden Vase" was banned by imperial decree).
The term, he lamented to ABC News last year, "makes it sound like I'm going to issue some imperial decree".
This imperial decree deeply influenced all Chinese who wanted to become scholars and enter the civil service.
But if this is so, why were the druids outlawed by three imperial decrees?
Despite imperial decrees, commoners still went to extremes with precious-metal commissions, and the trend gained ground after Rome fell.
A distinctive tuğra was created for each sultan and affixed to imperial decrees by a skilled calligrapher, the neshanı.
But even when applied to secular uses -- love poetry, historical narratives, imperial decrees -- it had immense prestige.
The abuses of imperial power were frequent, but innumerable examples of popular resistance to those imperial decrees that were considered as detrimental to the faith can be cited.
