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1. (n.) edict
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority.
2. edict
any authoritative proclamation or command.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < L ēdictum, n. use of neut. of ēdictus, ptp. of ēdīcere to decree, proclaim =ē-e - +dīcere to say)
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1. (noun) edict
a formal or authoritative proclamation
2. (noun) decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
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"
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1. (noun) Edict
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
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Sense: an order or command from someone in authority; a decree.
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 Afrikaans: gebod, bevelskrif |
 Arabic: مَرْسوم، مَنْشور |
 Bulgarian: едикт |
 Brazilian: decreto |
 Czech: dekret |
 German: das Edikt |
 Danish: edikt; bekendtgørelse; fo |
 Greek: διάταγμα |
 Spanish: decreto, edicto |
 Estonian: edikt, käskkiri |
 Farsi: فرمان؛ دستور رسمی |
 Finnish: ukaasi |
 French: décret |
 Hebrew: פְּקוּדָה |
 Hindi: राजाज्ञा |
 Croatian: proglas |
 Hungarian: (kormány)rendelet |
 Indonesian: maklumat |
 Icelandic: opinber tilskipun |
 Italian: editto |
 Japanese: 布告 |
 Korean: (국왕, 정부 등의) 칙령(勅令), 포고 |
 Lithuanian: potvarkis,įsakas |
 Latvian: edikts, lēmums; likums |
 Malay: edik |
 Dutch: verordening |
 Norwegian: kunngjøring, forordning, |
 Polish: dekret |
 Persian: فرمان؛ دستور رسمی |
 Pashto: فرمان |
 Portuguese: proclamação |
 Romanian: decret |
 Russian: указ |
 Slovak: dekrét |
 Slovenian: odredba |
 Serbian: naredba |
 Swedish: edikt, påbud |
 Thai: คำสั่ง; กฤษฎีกา; คำประกาศ |
 Turkish: buyruk, ferman |
 Taiwanese: 法令 |
 Ukrainian: указ |
 Urdu: فرمان |
 Vietnamese: sắc lệnh |
 Chinese: 法令 |
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