Definition of edict

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Edict (n.) A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch..

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Placard :: Placard (n.) A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority.
Predictable :: Predictable (a.) That may be predicted.
Weird :: Weird (n.) Fate; destiny; one of the Fates, or Norns; also, a prediction..
Benedictus :: Benedictus (a.) The song of Zacharias at the birth of John the Baptist (Luke i. 68); -- so named from the first word of the Latin version.
Maurist :: Maurist (n.) A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of the Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their interest in literature..
Predictor :: Predictor (n.) One who predicts; a foreteller.
Weird :: Weird (v. t.) To foretell the fate of; to predict; to destine to.
Prognostication :: Prognostication (n.) The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction.
Horoscope :: Horoscope (n.) The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune..
Programma :: Programma (n.) An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation.
Benediction :: Benediction (n.) A blessing; an expression of blessing, prayer, or kind wishes in favor of any person or thing; a solemn or affectionate invocation of happiness..
Predictive :: Predictive (a.) Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding.
Auspicious :: Auspicious (a.) Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning..
Prophetically :: Prophetically (adv.) In a prophetical manner; by way of prediction.
Foretell :: Foretell (v. i.) To utter predictions.
Germanium :: Germanium (n.) A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore (argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal, chemically intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, resembles tin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon. Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3..
Cluniac :: Cluniac (n.) A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order, founded in 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France. -- Also used as a..
Predictional :: Predictional (a.) Prophetic; prognostic.
Valedictorian :: Valedictorian (n.) One who pronounces a valedictory address; especially, in American colleges, the student who pronounces the valedictory of the graduating class at the annual commencement, usually the student who ranks first in scholarship..
Anathema :: Anathema (n.) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
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