edict

«edict» in Mova's school dictionary: An official order or rule given by a king, emperor… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an edict, edicts)

meaning for a pupil

1) An official order or rule given by a king, emperor, government or other ruler. tree →

2) (informal) Any strict order from someone in charge. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons, kings and emperors issued edicts (for example the Edict of Milan in 313 allowed Christians to worship freely in the Roman Empire); in stories, a cruel king's edict; jokingly, a parent's edict; phrases: «issue an edict», «by royal edict».

examples

• The emperor issued an edict that all people must pay a new tax. tree →
• The Edict of Milan in 313 gave Christians freedom to worship. tree →
• By royal edict, the forest belonged to the king. tree →
• Mum's new edict: no phones at the table! tree →
• The people refused to obey the unfair edict. tree →
• The edict was read out in the town square. tree →
• An Imperial Edict was sent forth to all the Buddhist temples commanding the priests to offer up continuous prayers to Heaven to stop the noise of the flood. tree →

note

Countable: edicts. Pronounced EE-dikt. Formal and old-fashioned; today «law», «order», «decree».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «edict» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.