imperial decree

collocation in English

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imperial
adjective
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/ɪmˈpɪə.ri.əl/us
/ɪmˈpɪr.i.əl/
belonging or relating to an empire or the person or country that ...
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decree
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈkriː/us
/dɪˈkriː/
an official statement that something ...
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(Definition ofimperialanddecreefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The highest bureaucratic positions-ranks 1 and 2-were to be filled by specialimperialdecree(tejian).
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Animperialdecreeclaimed that, according to canonical law, burned churches were not to be restored.
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On the contrary, the fact such animperialdecreewas made tells us that abolishing capital punishment in a particular case was exceptional.
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Later, the closure of all subsidiary churches and chapels was ordered by animperialdecreeof 1783.
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Theimperialdecreequickly transformed the tea drinking habits of the people, changing from whisked teas to steeped teas.
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Theimperialdecreehad also reduced the tax from 5% to 3.5% on two major items traded by them, namely piece goods and raw silk.
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Soon afterwards, the renitent faction was condemned in animperialdecree.
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Anotherimperialdecreeagain condemned the renitent faction and ordern them to pay reparations.
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The amendment provided for princes to leave the imperial family, either byimperialdecreeor by imperial sanction.
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But in 1109, animperialdecreestopped wealthy laymen from funding these temples and four years later in 1113 these temples lost their tax-exempt status.
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Animperialdecreealso granted him the title of baron.
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Animperialdecreein 1897 tasked a commission to revise the copyright law.
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The new station was created in 1861 byimperialdecree, and construction finished in 1864.
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They are aliens in their own country and pronounced as bandits byimperialdecree.
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I hereby give you myimperialdecreein order to guard your residence.
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There were various penalties proscribed on anyone who disobeyed theimperialdecree.
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But work did not start until after animperialdecreein 1809 and was not completed until 1839.
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The new policy was maintained through annual imperial decrees, rather than by changing the conscription regulations.
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Theimperialdecreehad little effect.
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All appointments and resignations of senators occurred by personal imperial decrees.
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