edict
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English edycte, borrowed from Latin edictum; earlier form edit, from Old French edit, from the same Latin word.
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Noun edit
edict (plural edicts)
- A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
- 1950 December, H. C. Casserley, “Locomotive Cavalcade, 1920-1950—6”, in Railway Magazine, page 844:
- By this time the edict had gone forth that the railways were to be nationalised on January 1, 1948.
- 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport[1], archived from the original on 21 April 2019:
- 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.
Translations edit
proclamation of law
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch edict, from Latin ēdictum.
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Noun edit
edict n (plural edicten, diminutive edictje n)
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: edik
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
edict n (plural edicte)