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What is most closely the definition of the word dictate as it appears in the passage below (paragraph 6)?

As neither reason requires nor religion permits the contrary, every man living in or out of a state of civil society has a right peaceably and quietly to worship God according to the dictates of his conscience.

A. noun | a decree or principle

B. verb | to say or speak out loud

C. verb | to order or decree

D. verb | to determine the outcome of something

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A. noun | a decree or principle

"Dictates" in this context means the commands or principles issued by one's conscience.