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Edict Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Edict? [n] 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" [n] a formal or authoritative proclamation Synonyms \| Synonyms for Edict: decree \| fiat \| order \| rescript Related Terms \| Find terms related to Edict: 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 See Also \| act \| announcement \| annunciation \| ban \| bull \| consent decree \| curfew \| declaration \| decree nisi \| enactment \| imperial decree \| interdiction \| judicial separation \| legal separation \| papal bull \| proclamation \| programma \| prohibition \| proscription \| stay Edict In Webster's Dictionary \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. It stands as an edict in destiny. --Shak. {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}.

Edict Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Edict?

[n] 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"
[n] a formal or authoritative proclamation

Synonyms | Synonyms for Edict: decree | fiat | order | rescript

Edict In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

      It stands as an edict in destiny.        --Shak.

{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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