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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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 very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the
     Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           It stands as an edict in destiny.        --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Edict of Nantes (French Hist.), an edict issued by Henry
        IV. (A. D. 1598), giving toleration to Protestants. Its
        revocation by Louis XIV. (A. D. 1685) was followed by
        terrible persecutions and the expatriation of thousands of
        French Protestants.
  
     Syn: Decree; proclamation; law; ordinance; statute; rule;
          order; manifesti; command. See Law.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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 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.        --Shak.
  
     Edict of Nantes (French Hist.), an edict issued by Henry
        IV. (A. D. 1598), giving toleration to Protestants. Its
        revocation by Louis XIV. (A. D. 1685) was followed by
        terrible persecutions and the expatriation of thousands of
        French Protestants.
  
     Syn: Decree; proclamation; law; ordinance; statute; rule;
          order; manifesti; command. See Law.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  edict
       n 1: a formal or authoritative proclamation
       2: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court
          record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in
          New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out
          there" [syn: decree, fiat, order, rescript]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  edict
     n.
     A proclamation of law or other authoritative command#Noun.
     Romanian n.
     (l en edict)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  edict
     n.
     A proclamation of law or other authoritative command#Noun.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  edict
     n.
     A proclamation of law or other authoritative command#Noun.
     Romanian n.
     (l en edict)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  edict
     n.
     A proclamation of law or other authoritative command#Noun.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  edict
     Englanti n.
     julistus, edikti

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Edict /ˈiːdɪkt/
  المرسوم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  edict //ˈiː.dɪkt// 
  указ, декрет
  proclamation of law

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edict /ˈiːdɪkt/
  dekret

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edict /ˈiːdɪkt/
  výnos

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  edict /ˈiːdɪkt/
  edikt

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  edict /ˈiːdɪkt/
  Edikt  [pol.]  [hist.]
   see: edicts
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  edict /ˈiːdɪkt/
  
  διάγγελμα

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  edict //ˈiː.dɪkt// 
  edikti, julistus
  proclamation of law

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  edict /ˈiːdɪkt/ 
  1. राजाज्ञा
        "Ashoka's edicts are inscribed in the pillars."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  edict /ˈiːdɪkt/
  edikt

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  edict /ˈiːdɪkt/
  1. ediktum
  2. kiáltvány
  3. kormányrendelet
  4. rendelet

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  edict //ˈiː.dɪkt// 
  maklumat
  proclamation of law

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  edict /ˈi:dɪct/ 
    edykt, rozporządzenie

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  edict //ˈiː.dɪkt// 
  edikt, kungörelse, påbud
  proclamation of law

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  edict /ˈiːdɪkt/
  1. emir, ferman, bildiri, tebliğ.

From Dutch-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:nld-deu ]

  edict /edikt/
  Edikt, Erlaß, Landesverordnung

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈidɪkt/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  EDICT. A law ordained by the sovereign, by which he forbids or commands 
  something it extends either to the whole country, or only to some particular 
  provinces. 
       2. Edicts are somewhat similar to public proclamations. Their 
  difference consists in this, that the former have authority and form of law 
  in themselves, whereas the latter are at most, declarations of a law, before 
  enacted by congress, or the legislature. 
       3. Among the Romans this word sometimes signified, a citation to appear 
  before a judge. The edict of the emperors, also called constitutiones 
  principum, were new laws which they made of their own motion, either to 
  decide cases which they had foreseen, or to abolish or change some ancient 
  laws. They were different from their rescripts or decrees. These edicts were 
  the sources which contributed to the formation of the Gregorian, 
  Hermogenian, Theodosian, and Justinian Codes. Vide Dig. 1, 4, 1, 1; Inst. 1, 
  2, 7; Code, 1, 1 Nov. 139. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "edict":
     act, announcement, annunciation, appointment, bill, brevet, bull,
     bulletin board, bylaw, canon, circular, communique, declaration,
     decree, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum, dictate,
     dictation, dictum, diktat, directive, edictum, enactment,
     encyclical, enunciation, fiat, form, formality, formula, formulary,
     institution, instrument, ipse dixit, jus, law, legislation, lex,
     manifesto, measure, notice, notification, order, ordinance,
     ordonnance, position paper, precept, prescript, prescription,
     proclamation, program, programma, pronouncement, pronunciamento,
     public notice, regulation, report, rescript, rubric, rule, ruling,
     senatus consult, senatus consultum, standing order, statement,
     statute, ukase, white book, white paper
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 布告;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 布告,法令

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