The act of ordering or proclaiming something officially and with authority; issuing an authoritative command.
Present participle of 'decree,' from Old French 'decre' and Latin 'decretum' (something decided), from 'decernere' (to decide). The -ing form makes it a gerund or present progressive verb.
Absolute monarchs ruled through 'decreeing'—a single person's word becoming law instantly—which is why this word drips with power in historical texts and why modern democracies deliberately made it harder to decree anything without consensus.
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