EDICTS
Noun
edicts
plural of edict
Anagrams
• cestid
Source: Wiktionary
EDICT
E"dict, n. Etym: [L. edictum, fr. edicere, edictum, to declare,
proclaim; e out + dicere to say: cf. F. édit. See Diction.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition