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edict

  • /ˈiː.dɪkt/

Rhymes with -ɪkt

Where it comes from

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

noun edicts

  1. 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.

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