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Etymology

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(deprecated template usage) From Middle English edycte, borrowed from Latin edictum; earlier form edit, from Old French edit, from the same Latin word.

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Noun

edict (plural edicts)

  1. A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
    • 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport[1], archived from the original on 21 April 2019:
      It was made clear in a pre-tournament referees' briefing that such grappling would be taken seriously and punished, so England have every right to ask why this edict was not carried out.

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Etymology

From Latin ēdictum.

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Noun

edict n (plural edicten, diminutive edictje n)

  1. edict