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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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3 days ago · India - Ashoka's Edicts, Mauryan Empire, Buddhism: It was against this background of imperial administration and a changing socioeconomic framework that Ashoka issued edicts that carried his message concerning the idea and practice of dhamma, the Prakrit form of the Sanskrit dharma, a term that defies simple translation.
4 days ago · The Diocletianic or Great Persecution was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. [1] . In 303, the emperors Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius issued a series of edicts rescinding Christians' legal rights and demanding that they comply with traditional religious practices.
3 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.
3 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.
2 days ago · By the 17th century an imperial edict had made the teaching of swimming compulsory in the schools. Organized swimming events were held in the 19th century before Japan was opened to the Western world.
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2 days ago · Clear and simple definitions in American English from Britannica's language experts. More usage examples than any other dictionary.
4 days ago · a decree issued by a sovereign ruler.
