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Edict

//ˈiː.dɪkt// noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) wordnet
  3. 3
    a formal or authoritative proclamation wordnet

Etymology

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

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