Associations to the word «Edict»

Wiktionary

EDICT, noun. A proclamation of law or other authoritative command

Dictionary definition

EDICT, noun. A formal or authoritative proclamation.
EDICT, noun. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats