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Another word for edict

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edict

n.

decree, proclamation, order; see command 1, declaration 2.

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Another word for edict

noun

A principle governing affairs within or among political units:
canon, decree, institute, law, ordinance, precept, prescription, regulation, rule. See law
An authoritative or official decision, especially one made by a court:
decree, determination, judgment, pronouncement, ruling. See law
A public statement:
announcement, annunciation, declaration, manifesto, notice, proclamation, pronouncement. See knowledge

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This edict would have utterly ruined Campania.
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.
The edict of Nantes had been repealed two years before; but the Calvinists were still very numerous at Nimes.
In 1858 the edict of expulsion was repealed.

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