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Webster 1913 Edition
Edict
E′dict
,Noun.
[L.
edictum
, fr. edicere
, edictum
, to declare, proclaim; e
out + dicere
to say: cf. F. édit
. 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. Shakespeare
Syn. – Decree; proclamation; law; ordinance; statute; rule; order; manifesti; command. See
Law
. Webster 1828 Edition
Edict
E'DICT
,Noun.
That which is uttered or proclaimed by authority as a rule of action; an order issued by a prince to his subjects,as a rule or law requiring obedience; a proclamation of command or prohibition. An edict is an order or ordinance of a sovereign prince, intended as a permanent law, or to erect a new office, to establish new duties, or other temporary regulation; as the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.
Definition 2025
edict
edict
English
Noun
edict (plural edicts)
- a proclamation of law or other authoritative command
Translations
a proclamation of law
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