edict
/ˈiː.dɪkt/
edict noun: a proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
Noun
edict (plural edicts)
- A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
- By this time the edict had gone forth that the railways were to be nationalised on January 1, 1948.1950 December, H. C. Casserley, “Locomotive Cavalcade, 1920-1950—6”, in Railway Magazine, page 844
- It was made clear in a pre-tournament referees' briefing that such grappling would be taken seriously and punished, so England have every right to ask why this edict was not carried out.2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2019
edict meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
edict in Urdu
- edict
- رقم raqam
edict in Bengali
- edict, commandment
- শাসন śaśon
- edict
- নীতি niti
edict in Malayalam
- ഭോജനീയത്വം, ഭക്ഷണയോഗ്യത
edict in Kannada
- ಆಜ್ಞೆ, ಆದೇಶ, ವಿಧಿ, ಹುಕುಮು, ರಾಜಶಾಸನ, ರಾಜಾಜ್ಞೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- edict in Punjabi
- حکم نامہ ḥukm nāmah
- edict in Sanskrit
- प्रशस्ति práśasti
- edict in Arabic
- مَرْسُوم marsūm
- edict in Indonesian
- maklumat
- edict in Thai
- ประกาศ bprà-gàat
Forms of edict
| plural | edicts |
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Origin of edict
From Middle English edycte, borrowed from Latin edictum; earlier form edit, from Old French edit, from the same Latin word.
Words formed from edict
Words that rhyme with edict
Questions about edict
- What does edict mean?
- Edict means a proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
- What is edict in Urdu?
- Edict in Urdu is رقم (raqam). See Edict meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is edict?
- Edict is a noun.
- How do you pronounce edict?
- Edict is pronounced /ˈiː.dɪkt/.
- What is the plural of edict?
- The plural of edict is edicts.
Words near edict in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: edict (page history and authors); رقم (Urdu) (page history and authors); নীতি (Bengali) (page history and authors); edict (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); edict (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); حکم نامہ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); प्रशस्ति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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