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edict

noun

/ˈiːdɪkt/

Meaning

An official order, proclamation, or decree issued by an authority.

The king issued an edict banning smoking in public places.

royal edict

decree, order, command, law, mandate

request, suggestion

royal edict, government edict, issue an edict, imperial edict

the organ of hearing and balance in humans and other vertebrates

Connecting new information with existing knowledge

the act of delaying or postponing something

A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives.

A written account of a person's life; an early motion-picture projector (historical use).

Comic or irregular verse, often poorly constructed and lacking in artistic quality.