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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /iːdɪkt/

Noun

a proclamation of law or other authoritative command

Translations

Czech: {{t-|cs|výnos|m}}
Finnish: ,
French: édit
German: Edikt

Kurdish:
Russian: {{t+|ru|указ|m|sc=Cyrl}}

Anagrams

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fr:edict io:edict ru:edict fi:edict te:edict vi:edict zh:edict

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Edict \E"dict\, n. [L. edictum, fr. edicere, edictum, to
declare, proclaim; e out + dicere to say: cf. F. ['e]dit. See
Diction.]
A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the
proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by
the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the
Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.
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It stands as an edict in destiny. --Shak.
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Edict of Nantes (French Hist.), an edict issued by Henry
IV. (A. D. 1598), giving toleration to Protestants. Its
revocation by Louis XIV. (A. D. 1685) was followed by
terrible persecutions and the expatriation of thousands of
French Protestants.

Syn: Decree; proclamation; law; ordinance; statute; rule;
order; manifesti; command. See Law.
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WordNet edict
n 1: a formal or authoritative proclamation
2: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court
record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in
New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out
there" [syn: decree, fiat, order, rescript]

Moby Dictionary
act , announcement , annunciation , appointment , bill , brevet , bull ,
bulletin board , bylaw , canon , circular , communique , declaration ,
decree , decree-law , decreement , decretal , decretum , dictate ,
dictation , dictum , diktat , directive , edictum , enactment ,
encyclical , enunciation , fiat , form , formality , formula , formulary ,
institution , instrument , ipse dixit , jus , law , legislation , lex ,
manifesto , measure , notice , notification , order , ordinance ,
ordonnance , position paper , precept , prescript , prescription ,
proclamation , program , programma , pronouncement , pronunciamento ,
public notice , regulation , report , rescript , rubric , rule , ruling ,
senatus consult , senatus consultum , standing order , statement ,
statute , ukase , white book , white paper

EDICT. A law ordained by the sovereign, by which he forbids or commands something it extends either to the whole country, or only to some particular provinces. 2. Edicts are somewhat similar to public proclamations. Their difference consists in this, that the former have authority and form of law in themselves, whereas the latter are at most, declarations of a law, before enacted by congress, or the legislature. 3. Among the Romans this word sometimes signified, a citation to appear before a judge. The edict of the emperors, also called constitutiones principum, were new laws which they made of their own motion, either to decide cases which they had foreseen, or to abolish or change some ancient laws. They were different from their rescripts or decrees. These edicts were the sources which contributed to the formation of the Gregorian, Hermogenian, Theodosian, and Justinian Codes. Vide Dig. 1, 4, 1, 1; Inst. 1, 2, 7; Code, 1, 1 Nov. 139.