Definition of edict

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Edict (n.) 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..

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Papal :: Papal (a.) Of or pertaining to the pope of Rome; proceeding from the pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction..
Curse :: Curse (v. t.) An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction..
Predictor :: Predictor (n.) One who predicts; a foreteller.
Forespeaking :: Forespeaking (n.) A prediction; also, a preface..
Valedictory :: Valedictory (a.) Bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration..
Imperial :: Imperial (a.) Of or pertaining to an empire, or to an emperor; as, an imperial government; imperial authority or edict..
Germanium :: Germanium (n.) A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore (argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal, chemically intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, resembles tin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon. Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3..
Predicting :: Predicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predic.
Valedictories :: Valedictories (pl. ) of Valedictor.
Revocation :: Revocation (n.) The act by which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power or authority given, or a license, gift, or benefit conferred; repeal; reversal; as, the revocation of an edict, a power, a will, or a license..
Edictal :: Edictal (a.) Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as, the Roman edictal law..
Maledict :: Maledict (a.) Accursed; abominable.
Prophetize :: Prophetize (v. i.) To give predictions; to foreshow events; to prophesy.
Valedictory :: Valedictory (n.) A valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in American colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar..
Prognostication :: Prognostication (n.) The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction.
Decree :: Decree (n.) An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru// decision..
Cistercian :: Cistercian (n.) A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Citeaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor..
Vaticination :: Vaticination (n.) Prediction; prophecy.
Black Friar :: Black friar () A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine..
Soothsay :: Soothsay (v. i.) To foretell; to predict.
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