edict — Edict, ordonnance ou commandement fait par la bouche du Prince, ou magistrat Edictum. Edict propre pour aucun, duquel nul n avoit paravant usé, Peculiare edictum, nequis, etc. Faire un edict, ou loy sur certaine peine, Sancire. B. Edict imposant… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Edict — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
edict — I noun authoritative command, canon, command, consultum, declaration, decree, decretum, dictate, edictum, enactment, fiat, judgment, law, legislation, mandate, order, ordinance, precept, pronouncement, regulation, regulation by law, regulation by … Law dictionary
edict — late 15c., edycte; earlier edit, late 13c., proclamation having the force of law, from O.Fr. edit, from L. edictum proclamation, ordinance, edict, neut. pp. of edicere publish, proclaim, from e out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + dicere to say (see … Etymology dictionary
Edict — Edict, so v.w. Edictum, bes. 5); so: E. von Amboise, gegeben 1572 von Karl IX. König von Frankreich; enthält Bestimmungen über die neue Organisation der Polizei; E. von Chateaubriand, gegeben 1551 von Heinrich II, enthielt Bestimmungen über die… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
edict — [n] pronouncement, order act, canon, command, commandment, decree, decretum, dictate, dictum, directive, enactment, fiat, injunction, instrument, judgment, law, mandate, manifesto, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, pronunciamento,… … New thesaurus
edict — ► NOUN ▪ an official order or proclamation. ORIGIN Latin edictum something proclaimed , from dicere say, tell … English terms dictionary
edict — [ē′dikt΄] n. [L edictum, neut. pp. of edicere, to proclaim < e , out + dicere, to speak: see DICTION] 1. an official public proclamation or order issued by authority; decree 2. any command or order edictal [ē dik′təl] adj … English World dictionary
Edict — An edict is an announcement of a law, often associated with monarchism. The Pope and various micronational leaders are currently the only persons who still issue edicts.Notable edicts*Edicts of Ashoka, by Ashoka the Great, of the Mauryan dynasty… … Wikipedia
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) * * * [ iːdɪkt] rescind an edict solemn edict a royal to issue an… … Combinatory dictionary
