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What (who) is Edict - definition
ANNOUNCEMENT OF A LAW, OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH MONARCHISM
Edicts; Imperial edict
edict
MULTILINGUAL JAPANESE–ENGLISH DICTIONARY
Jmdict; JMDict; EDICT
['i:d?kt]
¦ noun an official order or proclamation.
Derivatives
edictal ?'d?kt(?)l adjective
Origin
ME: from L. edictum 'something proclaimed', neut. past participle of edicere, from e- (var. of ex-) 'out' + dicere 'say, tell'.
edict
MULTILINGUAL JAPANESE–ENGLISH DICTIONARY
Jmdict; JMDict; EDICT
n.
1) to issue an edict
2) to recall, rescind an edict
3) a royal; solemn edict
4) an edict that + clause (the government issued an edict that all prisoners would be released)
Edict
MULTILINGUAL JAPANESE–ENGLISH DICTIONARY
Jmdict; JMDict; EDICT
·noun 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.
Wikipedia
Edict
An edict is a decree or announcement of a law, often associated with monarchism, but it can be under any official authority. Synonyms include "dictum" and "pronouncement".
Edict derives from the Latin edictum.
Examples of use of Edict
1. Traditionalists, though, prefer edict to persuasion.
2. The edict also covers nightspots Chinawhite, Pangaea, Crystal and Movida.
3. "Our fatwa (religious edict) against her is a death threat.
4. Last night many said that they would ignore the edict.
5. The public will get an edict that it is willing to tolerate.