royal decree

noun

: an order given by a king or queen

The soldiers read the people a royal decree.

Examples of royal decree in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 1925 a royal decree named Rioja as Spain’s first DO, or Designation of Origin, and in 1928 the first Rioja regulations were introduced. —Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2025

After the request of the subcommittee for the Health and Consumer Affairs Commission in 2021, the Ministry of Health of Spain introduced last week a draft royal decree for a public hearing that seeks to regulate medical cannabis. —Dario Sabaghi, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024

The man appointed by Saudi royal decree to run the conference series, public relations consultant Richard Attias, wrote Suarez a letter dated Feb. 16 inviting the mayor to the event. —Joey Flechas, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024

Joy Behar, The View's resident queen of comedy, has issued a royal decree for Taylor Swift after her seemingly sour reaction to a joke host Jo Koy made about her during his opening monologue at last weekend's Golden Globes ceremony. —Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2024

Consider this our royal decree: Don't miss this chance to save big on the Superga Unisex 2750 Cotu Classic Sneakers. —Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2023

In an egregious violation of Britney Spears’s 2011 royal decree that her subjects keep on dancing ’til the world ends, Once Upon a One More Time will close on Broadway this September. —Vulture, 21 Aug. 2023

Shortly after the service, by royal decree, the Royal Hashemite Court announced that Rajwa was officially a princess. —Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023

Saudi Arabia issued a royal decree in 2020 to abolish the death penalty for crimes people allegedly committed as minors. —Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 8 May 2023

Rhymes for royal decree

• abc
• absentee
• addressee
• adoptee
• agouti
• allottee
• amphorae
• amputee
• apc
• apogee
• appointee
• assessee