Edict
noun
An official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.
The king issued an edict to raise taxes across the kingdom.
Often appears as...
- issue an edict
- edict of proclamation
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Academic
noun
A command, order or injunction given by one having authority.
By edict of the government, schools will remain closed until further notice.
Often appears as...
- government edict
- edict of closure
noun
An official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.
The king issued an edict to raise taxes across the kingdom.
Often appears as...
- issue an edict
- edict of proclamation
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A command, order or injunction given by one having authority.
By edict of the government, schools will remain closed until further notice.
Often appears as...
- government edict
- edict of closure
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Authority Figure
Edict usually comes from someone with power, like a king, president, or organization leader.
The CEO's edict changed the company's work policy.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Edicts are common in historical texts, especially in descriptions of ancient or medieval rule.
The edict inscribed on the ancient tablet decreed a month of festivities.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Language
The language of an edict is usually formal and ceremonial, reflecting its official nature.
The royal edict was read aloud to the assembly.
Pro Tip 1/3Authority Figure
Edict usually comes from someone with power, like a king, president, or organization leader.
The CEO's edict changed the company's work policy.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Edicts are common in historical texts, especially in descriptions of ancient or medieval rule.
The edict inscribed on the ancient tablet decreed a month of festivities.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Language
The language of an edict is usually formal and ceremonial, reflecting its official nature.
The royal edict was read aloud to the assembly.
Pro Tip 1/3Authority Figure
Edict usually comes from someone with power, like a king, president, or organization leader.
The CEO's edict changed the company's work policy.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
Edicts are common in historical texts, especially in descriptions of ancient or medieval rule.
The edict inscribed on the ancient tablet decreed a month of festivities.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Language
The language of an edict is usually formal and ceremonial, reflecting its official nature.
The royal edict was read aloud to the assembly.
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Shai Agassi: A new...
of the science we know today -- no time for science fair, no time for playing around with things or waiting for the magic battery to show up. How do you do it within the economics that we have today? How do you do it from the power of the consumer up? And not from the power of an edict down.
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Magic Tricks with Larry...
people don't have right on purpose correct was held from exactly then and you've been and in fact this is one of the famous edicts from arthur c clarke there you go any sufficiently advanced technology yes right I never should hold from magic that's exactly right and a lot of a lot
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Fact-checking the Bible...
Augustus ever released an edict like this but most importantly and most thing there's never been a census that ridiculous all right like because the why in the world would you have a census that required people to go back to their ancestral homeland when the whole point
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Jimmy Carter: Why I...
that women should play a secondary position, a subservient position to men. So they issued an edict, in effect, that prevents women from being priests, pastors, deacons in the church, or chaplains in the military, and if a woman teaches a classroom
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Ugly History: The...
inquisitors to question the accused, and a scribe. A “Grand Inquisitor,” a member of the clergy selected by the king and queen, almost always led a tribunal. The Inquisition marked its arrival in each new place with an “Edict of Grace.”
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Why should you read...
Following an ancient war with robots, humanity has forbidden the construction of any machine “in the likeness of a human mind.” But rather than stifling their expansion, this edict forced humans to evolve in startling ways—
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Tim Brown: Tales of...
Edicts like, "Defer judgment," or "Go for quantity." And somehow that seems wrong. I mean, can you have rules about creativity? Well, it sort of turns out that we need rules to help us break the old rules and norms
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The journey through loss...
Why my family and my amazing children? Looking for answers, I regret to say, is a lifelong mission, but the key to my being able to persevere is Amy's expressed and very public edict that I must go on.
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Debbie Lovich: 3 tips...
sluggish ways that sucked the joy out of work. And I have to tell you, the future of work is not going to be created with top-down, opinion-driven edicts
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Using Religion As A Tool...
What he did was to use political justifications to violate a religious edict.
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Shai Agassi: A new...
of the science we know today -- no time for science fair, no time for playing around with things or waiting for the magic battery to show up. How do you do it within the economics that we have today? How do you do it from the power of the consumer up? And not from the power of an edict down.
Video examples
Magic Tricks with Larry...
people don't have right on purpose correct was held from exactly then and you've been and in fact this is one of the famous edicts from arthur c clarke there you go any sufficiently advanced technology yes right I never should hold from magic that's exactly right and a lot of a lot
Video examples
Fact-checking the Bible...
Augustus ever released an edict like this but most importantly and most thing there's never been a census that ridiculous all right like because the why in the world would you have a census that required people to go back to their ancestral homeland when the whole point
Video examples
Jimmy Carter: Why I...
that women should play a secondary position, a subservient position to men. So they issued an edict, in effect, that prevents women from being priests, pastors, deacons in the church, or chaplains in the military, and if a woman teaches a classroom
Video examples
Ugly History: The...
inquisitors to question the accused, and a scribe. A “Grand Inquisitor,” a member of the clergy selected by the king and queen, almost always led a tribunal. The Inquisition marked its arrival in each new place with an “Edict of Grace.”
Video examples
Why should you read...
Following an ancient war with robots, humanity has forbidden the construction of any machine “in the likeness of a human mind.” But rather than stifling their expansion, this edict forced humans to evolve in startling ways—
Video examples
Tim Brown: Tales of...
Edicts like, "Defer judgment," or "Go for quantity." And somehow that seems wrong. I mean, can you have rules about creativity? Well, it sort of turns out that we need rules to help us break the old rules and norms
Video examples
The journey through loss...
Why my family and my amazing children? Looking for answers, I regret to say, is a lifelong mission, but the key to my being able to persevere is Amy's expressed and very public edict that I must go on.
Video examples
Debbie Lovich: 3 tips...
sluggish ways that sucked the joy out of work. And I have to tell you, the future of work is not going to be created with top-down, opinion-driven edicts
Video examples
Using Religion As A Tool...
What he did was to use political justifications to violate a religious edict.
Example 1 of 10
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Shelby Steele
American Author
Deference has been codified in American life as political correctness. And political correctness functions like a despotic regime. It is an oppressiveness that spreads its edicts further and further into the crevices of everyday life.
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Jay Weatherill
Australian Politician
By and large we have got to find the good leaders to work with to make sure that we build the strength in these communities. Simply issuing edicts from Canberra isn't going to solve issues on the APY lands.
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Wayne LaPierre
American Activist
Do you want to know where President Barack Obama is ultimately headed with his gun control edicts? Look no further than his second embrace of the tyranny of Australia's massive gun 'buyback' program.
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Maajid Nawaz
British Activist
A fatwa is a religious edict. Such edicts bind only those who seek to follow the Imam issuing them but can be regarded as an option for others seeking an alternative view.
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Johann Most
German Revolutionary
God' - as revealed in his book of edicts and narratives is practically an idiot. He has nothing to say that any sensible person should want to listen to.
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Marsha Blackburn
American Politician
Every new rule, mandate, and regulatory edict is one more obstacle that small business owners, entrepreneurs, and job creators have to swallow.
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Jack Kingston
American Politician
When a city says, 'If you're illegal, come here, we're not going to prosecute you,' the federal law should supersede the local mayor's edict.
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Tony La Russa
American Coach
You can't manage by memo. You can't stand up there and just send out edicts. I think you just gotta really personalize your relationships.
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Anne Hutchinson
American Clergyman
As I understand it, laws, commands, rules and edicts are for those who have not the light which makres plain the pathway.
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Anthony Lewis
American Journalist
The Pentagon Papers case stands today as a barrier to silence by official edict.
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Shelby Steele
American Author
Deference has been codified in American life as political correctness. And political correctness functions like a despotic regime. It is an oppressiveness that spreads its edicts further and further into the crevices of everyday life.
Quote examples
Jay Weatherill
Australian Politician
By and large we have got to find the good leaders to work with to make sure that we build the strength in these communities. Simply issuing edicts from Canberra isn't going to solve issues on the APY lands.
Quote examples
Wayne LaPierre
American Activist
Do you want to know where President Barack Obama is ultimately headed with his gun control edicts? Look no further than his second embrace of the tyranny of Australia's massive gun 'buyback' program.
Quote examples
Maajid Nawaz
British Activist
A fatwa is a religious edict. Such edicts bind only those who seek to follow the Imam issuing them but can be regarded as an option for others seeking an alternative view.
Quote examples
Johann Most
German Revolutionary
God' - as revealed in his book of edicts and narratives is practically an idiot. He has nothing to say that any sensible person should want to listen to.
Quote examples
Marsha Blackburn
American Politician
Every new rule, mandate, and regulatory edict is one more obstacle that small business owners, entrepreneurs, and job creators have to swallow.
Quote examples
Jack Kingston
American Politician
When a city says, 'If you're illegal, come here, we're not going to prosecute you,' the federal law should supersede the local mayor's edict.
Quote examples
Tony La Russa
American Coach
You can't manage by memo. You can't stand up there and just send out edicts. I think you just gotta really personalize your relationships.
Quote examples
Anne Hutchinson
American Clergyman
As I understand it, laws, commands, rules and edicts are for those who have not the light which makres plain the pathway.
Quote examples
Anthony Lewis
American Journalist
The Pentagon Papers case stands today as a barrier to silence by official edict.
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