edict
21edict — e|dict [ˈi:dıkt] n formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: edictum, from the past participle of edicere to give out an official statement ] 1.) an official public order made by someone in a position of power = ↑decree ▪ The emperor issued an… …
22edict — noun (C) formal 1 an official public order made by someone in a position of power: The emperor issued an edict forbidding anyone to leave the city. 2 especially humorous any order or command …
23edict — noun rules established by government edict Syn: decree, order, command, commandment, mandate, proclamation, pronouncement, dictate, fiat, promulgation; law, statute, act, bill, ruling, injunction; formal ordinance …
24Edict of Nantes — Edict E dict, n. [L. edictum, fr. edicere, edictum, to declare, proclaim; e out + dicere to say: cf. F. [ e]dit. See {Diction}.] A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if… …
25Edict von Mailand — Edict von Mailand, das, war 313 n. Chr. die Vollendung des Edictes vom Jahre 311 n. Chr., worin Konstantin d. Gr. allgemeine Religionsfreiheit gewährt hatte. Es stellte Jedem den Uebertritt zum Christenthum frei, befähigte die Christen zu allen… …
26Edict von Nantes — Edict von Nantes, von dem franz. Könige Heinrich IV. am 13. April 1598 gegebene Verordnung, durch welche den Hugenotten unter gewissen Beschränkungen die Ausübung ihrer Religion gestattet wurde; aufgehoben durch Ludwig XIV. 1685 …
27Edict of Nantes — The Edict of Nantes was issued on April 13, 1598 [The Edict itself states merely that it is given at Nantes, in the month of April, in the year of Our Lord one thousand five hundred and ninety eight . A detailed chronological account of the… …
28Edict of Milan — The Edict of Milan was a letter signed by emperors Constantine and Licinius, that proclaimed religious toleration in the Roman Empire. The letter was issued in 313, shortly after the conclusion of the Diocletian Persecution. DiscussionWhile it is …
29Edict of Turda — The Edict of Torda (modern name: Turda) in 1568, also known as the Patent of Toleration. [cite web | title=Unitarianism in Transylvania | url=http://www.unitarius.hu/english/lelteto.rtf | author=Louis Elteto (Éltető Lajos) | date=March 2000 Page… …
30Edict on Maximum Prices — The Edict on Maximum Prices (also known as the Edict on Prices or the Edict of Diocletian; in Latin Edictum De Pretiis Rerum Venalium ) was issued in 301 by Roman Emperor Diocletian. During the Crisis of the Third Century, Roman coinage had been… …
