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edict definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for edict

- A decree
- An official proclamation
- Authoritative command
- Authoritative order
- Authoritative proclamation
- Cited amendment in authoritative order
- Command
- Decree
- Decree cited in error
- Official decree
- Official order or proclamation
- Order
- Order decree
- Papal decree
- Predict departure of public relations order
- Proclamation
- Sovereign command