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noun
A rule, law or custom which is unchangeable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
From the King James Bible, Daniel Chapter 6, verse 8: :: "Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not."
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