勅ちょく諚じょう

noun

imperial order; imperial decree; imperial command

Historical term for a direct command issued by the emperor. Used in pre-modern contexts; in modern Japanese, 勅令 or 詔書 are more common for imperial edicts.

• 鎌かま倉くら時じ代だい、幕ばく府ふは勅ちょく諚じょうに従したがって行こう動どうした。

  In the Kamakura period, the shogunate acted in accordance with imperial decrees.