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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.
[L. edictum, from edico, to utter or proclaim; e and dico, to speak.]
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 2024


edict

edict

English

Noun

edict (plural edicts)

  1. a proclamation of law or other authoritative command

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