edict

C2+ Topic:Law & Government

US /ˈidɪkt/ UK /ˈiːdɪkt/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
an official order or proclamation issued by an authority

The king's edict banned all gatherings after dusk.

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1 noun · an official order or... decree proclamation ordinance mandate dictum fiat order

Word family

Derived forms edictal

Related forms dictate diction dictum

Etymology

From Latin ēdictum ('proclamation, ordinance'), neuter past participle of ēdīcere ('to proclaim'), from ex- ('out') + dīcere ('to say, speak').

ēdictum Latin ēdīcere Latin dīcere Latin

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# edict

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈidɪkt
**IPA (UK):** ˈiːdɪkt

## Meanings
1. an official order or proclamation issued by an authority

## Examples
- The king's edict banned all gatherings after dusk.

## Synonyms
- decree
- proclamation
- ordinance
- mandate
- dictum
- fiat
- order

## Derived Forms
- edictal

## Related Forms
- dictate
- diction
- dictum

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ēdictum
- Root: ēdīcere
- Root: dīcere

## Etymology
From Latin ēdictum ('proclamation, ordinance'), neuter past participle of ēdīcere ('to proclaim'), from ex- ('out') + dīcere ('to say, speak').

## AI Etymology
Edict is from Latin ēdictum ('proclamation, ordinance'), neuter past participle of ēdīcere ('to proclaim'), from ex- ('out') + dīcere ('to say, speak'). Important recorded forms include ēdictum (Latin), ēdīcere (Latin), and dīcere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers an official order or proclamation issued by an authority. The wider family includes derived forms such as edictal and related words such as dictate, diction, and dictum.

## Topics
- Law & Government

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