"edict" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈiː.dɪkt/ Audio: en-us-edict.ogg [US] Forms: edicts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkt Etymology: From Middle English edycte, borrowed from Latin edictum; earlier form edit, from Old French edit, from the same Latin word. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deyḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|edycte}} Middle English edycte, {{der|en|la|edictum}} Latin edictum, {{m|enm|edit}} edit, {{der|en|fro|edit}} Old French edit Head templates: {{en-noun}} edict (plural edicts)
  1. A proclamation of law or other authoritative command. Wikipedia link: edict Categories (topical): Directives Translations (proclamation of law): δόγμα (dógma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), պատգամ (patgam) (Armenian), декрет (dekret) [masculine] (Bulgarian), указ (ukaz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), edicte [masculine] (Catalan), فەرمان (ferman) (Central Kurdish), výnos [masculine] (Czech), edikt [masculine] (Czech), edict [neuter] (Dutch), fyriskipan [feminine] (Faroese), kunngerð [feminine] (Faroese), julistus (Finnish), edikti (Finnish), édit [masculine] (French), edicto [masculine] (Galician), bando [masculine] (Galician), Edikt [neuter] (German), διάταγμα (diátagma) [neuter] (Greek), χρυσόβουλο (chrysóvoulo) [neuter] (Greek), הוראה (horaá) [feminine] (Hebrew), צו (tsav) [masculine] (Hebrew), ediktum (Hungarian), maklumat (Indonesian), editto [masculine] (Italian), ēdictum [neuter] (Latin), у́каз (úkaz) [masculine] (Macedonian), декре́т (dekrét) [masculine] (Macedonian), edykt [masculine] (Polish), dekret [masculine] (Polish), edito [masculine] (Portuguese), edict [neuter] (Romanian), ука́з (ukáz) [masculine] (Russian), эдикт (edikt) [masculine] (Russian), edikt [masculine] (Slovak), dekrét [masculine] (Slovak), edicto [masculine] (Spanish), edikt (Swedish), kungörelse (Swedish), påbud (Swedish), dalebüd (Volapük), גזירה (gezeyre) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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      "word": "فەرمان"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ēdictum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "úkaz",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "у́каз"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dekrét",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "декре́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "edykt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dekret"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "edito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "edict"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ukáz",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ука́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "edikt",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эдикт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "edikt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dekrét"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "edicto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "word": "edikt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "word": "kungörelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "word": "påbud"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "word": "dalebüd"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "gezeyre",
      "sense": "proclamation of law",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "גזירה"
    }
  ],
  "word": "edict"
}

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