edict

From Middle English edycte, borrowed from Latin edictum; earlier form edit, from Old French edit, from the same Latin word.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.dɪkt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪkt

edict (plural edicts)

1. A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
   • 1950 December, H. C. Casserley, “Locomotive Cavalcade, 1920-1950—6”, in Railway Magazine, page 844:

     By this time the edict had gone forth that the railways were to be nationalised on January 1, 1948.

   • 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport‎, archived from the original on 21 April 2019:

     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.

• cited, ticed

From Middle Dutch edict, from Latin ēdictum.

• IPA^(key): /eːˈdɪkt/

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• Hyphenation: edict
• Rhymes: -ɪkt

edict n (plural edicten, diminutive edictje n)

1. edict

• Afrikaans: edik

Borrowed from Latin edictum.

edict n (plural edicte)

1. edict