Dictionary

edict en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈiː.dɪkt/

Etymology

From Middle English edycte, borrowed from Latin edictum; earlier form edit, from Old French edit, from the same Latin word.

Meanings

1. A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
   • By this time the edict had gone forth that the railways were to be nationalised on January 1, 1948. 1950 December, H. C. Casserley, “Locomotive Cavalcade, 1920-1950—6”, in Railway Magazine, page 844:
   • It was made clear in a pre-tournament referees' briefing that such grappling would be taken seriously and punished, so England have every right to ask why this edict was not carried out. 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2019:

Forms

Deriveds

edictal

Translations (49)

pl edykt (proclamation of law) · fo fyriskipan (proclamation of law) · cs edikt (proclamation of law) · sk edikt (proclamation of law) · cmn 法令 (proclamation of law) · fr édit (proclamation of law) · gl bando (proclamation of law) · es edicto (proclamation of law) · fo kunngerð (proclamation of law) · sv påbud (proclamation of law) · el χρυσόβουλο (proclamation of law) · he הוראה (proclamation of law) · ar مَرْسُوم (proclamation of law) · th ประกาศ (proclamation of law) · sv edikt (proclamation of law) · aig eewuu (proclamation of law) · it editto (proclamation of law) · hu ediktum (proclamation of law) · la ēdictum (proclamation of law) · mk у́каз (proclamation of law) · grc δόγμα (proclamation of law) · ro edict (proclamation of law) · fi edikti (proclamation of law) · bg декрет (proclamation of law) · pt edito (proclamation of law) · fi julistus (proclamation of law) · mk ферман (proclamation of law) · ca edicte (proclamation of law) · ckb فەرمان (proclamation of law) · ja 勅令 (proclamation of law) · cs výnos (proclamation of law) · hy պատգամ (proclamation of law) · gl edicto (proclamation of law) · el διάταγμα (proclamation of law) · sv kungörelse (proclamation of law) · id maklumat (proclamation of law) · de Edikt (proclamation of law) · pt édito (proclamation of law) · yi גזירה (proclamation of law) · nl edict (proclamation of law) · pl dekret (proclamation of law) · ru ука́з (proclamation of law) · sk dekrét (proclamation of law) · mk декре́т (proclamation of law) · he צו (proclamation of law) · vo dalebüd (proclamation of law) · ru эдикт (proclamation of law) · ota امر (proclamation of law) · bg указ (proclamation of law)