edict
noun
[ ˈiːdɪkt ]
• an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.
• "Clovis issued an edict protecting Church property"
Similar:
decree,
order,
command,
commandment,
mandate,
proclamation,
pronouncement,
dictum,
dictate,
fiat,
promulgation,
precept,
law,
statute,
act,
enactment,
bill,
ordinance,
regulation,
rule,
ruling,
injunction,
manifesto,
ukase,
pronunciamento,
firman,
decretal,
irade,
rescript,
Origin:
Middle English: from Latin edictum ‘something proclaimed’, neuter past participle of edicere, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out’ + dicere ‘say, tell’.
