decree
dih-KREEnounMeaning an official order from a ruler or authority
Memory hook de-CREE: the king DECIDES, all AGREE. The king raises his scepter: “From now on, every Friday is ice-cream day!” The king decides, and everyone must agree. A ruler’s official order is a decree.
By royal decree, the last Friday in June became a holiday.
In context The king’s decree was read aloud in every village square: from that day on, no one could cut wood in the royal forest without permission.
Similar order, edict, command, proclamation
From Latin decretum, “something decided,” from decernere, “to decide”: de (from) + cernere (to sift, to decide).