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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Black Monk :: Black monk () A Benedictine monk.
Predictive :: Predictive (a.) Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding.
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..
Rescript :: Rescript (v. t.) The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree..
Benedict :: Benedict (a.) Having mild and salubrious qualities.
Unpredict :: Unpredict (v. i.) To retract or falsify a previous prediction.
Predict :: Predict (n.) A prediction.
Ban :: Ban (n.) A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation..
Programma :: Programma (n.) An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation.
Predictional :: Predictional (a.) Prophetic; prognostic.
Law :: Law (n.) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority..
Prognostication :: Prognostication (n.) The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction.
Forbiddance :: Forbiddance (n.) The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.
Farewell :: Farewell (a.) Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow..
Proleptics :: Proleptics (n.) The art and science of predicting in medicine.
Valedictories :: Valedictories (pl. ) of Valedictor.
Prediction :: Prediction (n.) The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy..
Valedictorian :: Valedictorian (n.) One who pronounces a valedictory address; especially, in American colleges, the student who pronounces the valedictory of the graduating class at the annual commencement, usually the student who ranks first in scholarship..
Prognosticate :: Prognosticate (v. t.) To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil..
Ekasilicon :: Ekasilicon (n.) The name of a hypothetical element predicted and afterwards discovered and named germanium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group. See Germanium, and cf. Ekabor..
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