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- Dictionaryedict/ˈiːdɪkt/
noun
- 1. an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority: "Clovis issued an edict protecting Church property"
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4 days ago · This is a series of edicts issued by Constantine regarding religion, beginning with the original edict of toleration from 311 signed by three of the then four rulers of the Roman Empire: Lactantius, Licinius, and Constantine.
4 days ago · Nonetheless, the edict is the first known secular Roman law to positively define a religious orthodoxy. According to Robinson Thornton, Theodosius began taking steps to repress Arianism immediately after his baptism in 380.
4 days ago · Although Galerius stopped the Persecution, Christianity was not legally protected until 313, when the emperors Constantine and Licinius agreed to what became known as the Edict of Milan, guaranteeing Christians legal protection and tolerance.
3 days ago · In 1561, the Edict of Orléans declared an end to the persecution, and the Edict of Saint-Germain of January 1562 formally recognised the Huguenots for the first time. However, these measures disguised the growing tensions between Protestants and Catholics.
2 days ago · a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
2 days ago · Jesuit, member of the Society of Jesus (S.J.), a Roman Catholic order of religious men founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola, noted for its educational, missionary, and charitable works. The order has been regarded by many as the principal agent of the Counter-Reformation and was later a leading force in modernizing the church.
5 days ago · Clear and simple definitions in American English from Britannica's language experts. More usage examples than any other dictionary.
5 days ago · The s. "drink made from the ground and roasted seeds of a tree originally native to Arabia and Abyssinia," c. 1600, from Dutch koffie, from Turkish kahveh, from Arabic qahwah "coffee," which Arab etymologists connected with a word meaning "wine," but it is perhaps rather from the Kaffa.
5 days ago · Crossword answers for 'decree ____ provisional edict' (1 exact answer, 118 possible answers). We think the answer is NISI, last seen in Telegraph Cross Atlantic.
6 days ago · Diet of Worms. in Martin Luther in The indulgences controversy. Written by. Hans J. Hillerbrand. Professor Emeritus of History and Religion, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Author of The Division of Christendom: Christianity in the Sixteenth Century and Men and Ideas in the Sixteenth... Hans J. Hillerbrand. Fact-checked by.
