How do you use Edict in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like announcement or act, plus the exact meaning.
Edict meaning
A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
Synonyms of Edict
Using Edict
- The main meaning on this page is: A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
- Useful related words include: announcement, act, rescript, order.
- In the example corpus, edict often appears in combinations such as: the edict, edict of, an edict.
Context around Edict
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Edict
- In this selection, "edict" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hellish, further, industrywide, edictum, regarding and calls stand out and add context to how "edict" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a further edict preventing its and a royal edict mandating masks. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "edict" sits close to words such as actionable, adopts and airwaves, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with edict
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That edict persists at press time. (6 words)
Until now, the only edict was neutral. (7 words)
His edict was pretty much law and he ruled the city with near dictatorial control. (15 words)
When Herod's edict went forth to destroy the young children, John was about six months older than Jesus, and came under this hellish edict, and Zecharias caused his mother to take him into the mountains, where he was raised on locusts and wild honey. (45 words)
Records show that the property was frozen in 2017 by the Crown Prosecution Service, pending proceeds of crime proceedings to sell it off, while a further edict preventing its transfer to another owner was put in place in 2023. (39 words)
Though this goes against Eren's original edict of not murdering civilians with Eldian blood, we have to wonder if he sees them as acceptable losses in his mission to bring down the nation of Marley. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
The edict, also known as the Edict of Toleration and the Edict of January, was significant for effectively recognising the existence of Protestant churches and permitting their worship outside city walls.
In response to the Edict of Fontainebleau, Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg declared the Edict of Potsdam (October 1685), giving free passage to Huguenot refugees, and tax-free status to them for ten years.
In this way a constant content was created that proceeded from edict to edict (edictum traslatitium).
One day, Orestes published an edict "regarding public exhibitions in the city of Alexandria" and all citizens gathered to read the edict.
The Edict of Fontainebleau revoked the Edict of Nantes, and repealed all the privileges that arose therefrom.
The language of the edict calls on the people's memory of their benevolent leaders, and exhorts them to enforce the provisions of the edict, and thereby restore perfection to the world.
Treadgold, pg. 352 Although Leo made no move to enforce this edict in the west beyond having it read in Rome and Ravenna, Gregory immediately rejected the edict.
When Herod's edict went forth to destroy the young children, John was about six months older than Jesus, and came under this hellish edict, and Zecharias caused his mother to take him into the mountains, where he was raised on locusts and wild honey.
Records show that the property was frozen in 2017 by the Crown Prosecution Service, pending proceeds of crime proceedings to sell it off, while a further edict preventing its transfer to another owner was put in place in 2023.
That edict persists at press time.
Defying the industrywide edict that all rappers must be late to their festival sets, Earthgang started right on time at the Now stage on Saturday night.
Foster said that there has been no edict from the state limiting the number of customers a store can have inside, but that some smaller local businesses have been doing so.
Her edict, effective today, is not only devastating but detrimental to the economy and job market.
His edict was pretty much law and he ruled the city with near dictatorial control.
In June, when King Sisolak issued a royal edict mandating masks, that was a plausible contention.
It was not clear exactly how the complex’s guards intended to enforce the edict, but one who was carrying out checks promised that the authorities would foot the bill.
That is OK, allowed by the mask edict, even, and I am not here to shame them.
The music programs that involved different year groups would also have to be postponed, after an edict that year groups must be kept separate.
Though this goes against Eren's original edict of not murdering civilians with Eldian blood, we have to wonder if he sees them as acceptable losses in his mission to bring down the nation of Marley.
Until now, the only edict was neutral.
Common combinations with edict
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the edict 67×
- edict of 44×
- an edict 17×
- edict was 14×
- edict that 7×
- edict and 6×
- this edict 5×
- edict in 4×
- edict which 4×
- edict to 3×