pragmatic sanction

1. 1.

   an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land

   Synonymspragmatic

   Broaderimperial decree

Questions about pragmatic sanction

What does pragmatic sanction mean?

pragmatic sanction means "an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land".

What is another word for pragmatic sanction?

Close synonyms include pragmatic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pragmatic sanction a common word?

pragmatic sanction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.