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Another word for edict

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Noun

  1. A principle governing affairs within or among political units

    See also:

    law

  2. An authoritative or official decision, especially one made by a court

    See also:

    law

  3. A public statement

    See also:

    knowledge

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Another word for edict

Noun
  1. See also:

    declaration

    command

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Sentence Examples

  • This edict would have utterly ruined Campania.

  • The edict of Nantes had been repealed two years before; but the Calvinists were still very numerous at Nimes.

  • On the advice of Acacius, the energetic patriarch of Constantinople, Zeno issued the Henotikon edict (482), in which Nestorius and Eutyches were condemned, the twelve chapters of Cyril accepted, and the Chalcedon Definition ignored.

  • After the revocation of the edict of Nantes the settlement of some French refugees further stimulated this industry.

  • In 1858 the edict of expulsion was repealed.

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