諚じょう

noun

lord's command; imperial decree

Archaic term for a command or decree from a feudal lord or the emperor; rarely used in modern Japanese outside historical or literary contexts.

• 古こ文もん書じょには、主しゅ君くんの諚じょうに従したがう武ぶ士しの姿すがたが描えがかれている。

  The ancient document depicts a samurai obeying his lord's command.