Associations to the word «Ukase»

Wiktionary

UKASE, noun. An authoritative proclamation; an edict, especially decreed by a Russian czar or (later) emperor.
UKASE, noun. (figuratively) Any absolutist order and/or arrogant proclamation
UKASE, noun. Alternative letter-case form of ukase

Dictionary definition

UKASE, noun. An edict of the Russian tsar.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin