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Ukase N Arbitrary Command Originally Edict Russian Government

Word ukase
Definition n. An arbitrary command. (Originally an edict of the Russian government.)
Sentence [...a baby] flailing away to hurt (if he could) those who dare disobey his own self-harming ukase...
Source Confessions, Augustine, I.11, p.10

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