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Meanings of edict in English

Russian
эдикт
Portuguese
édito
Catalan
edicte
Spanish
edicto
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Announcement of a law, often associated with monarchism.

        эдикт
        Portuguese
        decreto
        Catalan
        sentència
        Spanish
        decreto

        A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

              decreto
              Usage of edict in English
              1
              I don't need to tell you that Antioch has ignored the edict.
              Julian
              2
              The edict gave him twenty-four hours from the noon of that day.
              Beverly of Graustark
              3
              The edict of the inquisitors reveals how much we have to fear.
              The Historical Nights' Entertainment: Second Series
              4
              It had been only a half hour since Volkov issued his edict.
              Storm Front
              5
              The conductor replied as if issuing a papal edict, This is different.
              Super
              6
              In the year 251 B.C., King Asoka inscribed his earliest rock edict.
              God and My Neighbour
              7
              The edict against using was mild in comparison to that against dealing.
              The outfit: the role of chicago's underworld in the shaping of m...
              8
              An edict to that effect was published and registered by the Parliament.
              Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1
              9
              An edict was issued to collect and transport settlers to the Mississippi.
              The Crayon Papers
              10
              The new edict turned into an act of homage to Louis XIV.
              A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6
              11
              But the edict was given and Paris obeyed, loyally and with resignation.
              The Soul of the War
              12
              But reading between the lines of the edict, I suspect a bloodbath.
              Julian
              13
              This edict all the clergy were ordered to read from their pulpits.
              General History for Colleges and High Schools
              14
              He issued an edict that the cats must go or be killed.
              Out of Doors—California and Oregon
              15
              The edict of Valerian condemned only bishops, priests, and deacons to death.
              The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. J...
              16
              Who in the 1820s issued an edict forbidding the waltz in Rome.
              The last novel
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              Translations for edict
              Russian
              эдикт
              Edict through the time
              Edict across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Common