Definition for Edict:

• English. of Nantes, issued by Henry IV of France to grant toleration to Protestants, and revoked by Louis XIV.

Synonyms for Edict:

• n.

  •
  • award,
  • acquit,
  • citation,
  • annul,
  • bring in a verdict,
  • acquittal,
  • bar,
  • call for.
  •
  • judgment,
  • determination.
  •
  • notice,
  • knowledge.
  •act (noun)
  • warrants,
  • Measures.
  •announcement (noun)
  • pre-diction,
  • divulgences,
  • exposings,
  • re-porting,
  • re portings,
  • pre dictions,
  • dis-closures,
  • re leases,
  • ex posing,
  • dis seminations,
  • re citation,
  • re-velations,
  • dis-semination,
  • re lease,
  • ex positions,
  • re-citation,
  • publishings,
  • re-portings,
  • re-velation,
  • dis-closure,
  • dis semination,
  • pre diction,
  • dis closures,
  • re-citations,
  • ex-position,
  • re-leases,
  • pre-dictions,
  • re velation,
  • re citations,
  • dis closure,
  • re velations,
  • ex position,
  • ex-positions,
  • ex-posing,
  • dis-seminations,
  • re porting,
  • re-lease.
  •command (noun)
  • devoir,
  • will,
  • requirements,
  • imperatives,
  • devoirs,
  • adjuration,
  • requirement,
  • adjurations,
  • obligation,
  • prohibitions.
  •commandment (noun)
  • mitzvos,
  • mitzvahs,
  • mitzvoth,
  • mitzvot.
  •communication (noun)
  • edict.
  •declaration (noun)
  • de positions,
  • de position,
  • de-positions,
  • de-position.
  •edict (noun)
  • rescript,
  • order.
  •precept (noun)
  • by words,
  • by word,
  • pre-cept,
  • pre cept.
  •pronouncement, order (noun)
  • instrument,
  • canon,
  • writ,
  • injunction,
  • prescript.
  •regulation (noun)
  • numbers,
  • no-nos,
  • no-no.
  •rule (noun)
  • no no's,
  • nono's,
  • the number,
  • decretions,
  • brocards,
  • the books.
  •sentence (noun)
  • de-termination,
  • considered opinions,
  • sending the river,
  • de terminations,
  • sending up river,
  • de termination,
  • de-terminations,
  • sending river.
  •word (noun)
  • word.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • annunciation,
  • announcement.

Paraphrases for Edict:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    decree.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    decree.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    enactment, order-in-council.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    order, fatwa.

Antonyms for Edict:

• n.

  • pronouncement, order
    request.
  • Other antonyms:
    plea, appeal, suggestion, petition, urging, entreaty, proposal, recommendation.

Edict Sentence Examples:

• The edict had gone forth forbidding the passage of many measures that would have given to the colonies more freedom than the mother country thought best.

• The new squire had outlined a plan that every suspicious character found in the place should be apprehended at once, and no sooner had this edict gone forth than the suspected ones very quietly took their departure.

Homophones for Edict:

• educated, edacity, ethicist, educate, etiquette, edged, educatee, etched.

Hyponym for Edict:

• n.

  • communication
    annunciation, announcement, proclamation, declaration.