下くだし文ぶみ

noun

official edict; binding directive from a senior official

Historical term for a written order issued by a high-ranking government or military official, carrying the force of a binding document. Not used in modern everyday contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、老ろう中じゅうが発はっする下くだし文ぶみは絶ぜっ対たい的てきな効こう力りょくを持もっていた。

  In the Edo period, an edict issued by a senior councilor had absolute authority.

• 古こ文もん書じょには、将しょう軍ぐんの下くだし文ぶみが多た数すう残のこされている。

  Many edicts from the shogun survive in ancient documents.