勅ちょく命めい

noun

imperial command; imperial edict

Formal term for a direct order issued by an emperor. Used in historical, legal, or ceremonial contexts.

• 勅ちょく命めいにより、新あたらしい法ほう律りつが公こう布ふされた。

  A new law was promulgated by imperial command.

• 彼かれは勅ちょく命めいを受うけて、地ち方ほうの視し察さつに向むかった。

  He received an imperial command and set out to inspect the provinces.