Definition of Edct
E"dict (?), n. [L. edictum, fr.
edicere, edictum, to declare, proclaim; e out +
dicere to say: cf. F. édit. See Diction.]
A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the
proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the
very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the
Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.
It stands as an edict in destiny.
Shak.
Edict of Nantes (French Hist.), an
edict issued by Henry IV. (A. D. 1598), giving toleration to
Protestants. Its revocation by Louis XIV. (A. D. 1685) was
followed by terrible persecutions and the expatriation of thousands
of French Protestants.
Syn. -- Decree; proclamation; law; ordinance; statute;
rule; order; manifesti; command. See Law.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a proclamation of law or other authoritative command
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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