Edict Definition

ēdĭkt
edicts
noun
edicts
An official public proclamation or order issued by authority; decree.
Webster's New World
Any command or order.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
edict
Plural:
edicts

Origin of Edict

  • Latin ēdictum from neuter past participle of ēdīcere to declare ē-, ex- ex- dīcere to speak deik- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French edit, from Latin edictum

    From Wiktionary

Edict Sentence Examples

  • This edict would have utterly ruined Campania.

  • On the advice of Acacius, the energetic patriarch of Constantinople, Zeno issued the Henotikon edict (482), in which Nestorius and Eutyches were condemned, the twelve chapters of Cyril accepted, and the Chalcedon Definition ignored.

  • After the revocation of the edict of Nantes the settlement of some French refugees further stimulated this industry.

  • The edict of Nantes had been repealed two years before; but the Calvinists were still very numerous at Nimes.

  • In 1858 the edict of expulsion was repealed.

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Words Starting With

EEDEDI

Words Ending With

TCTICT

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