| 单词 | edict of pacification |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEdict of Pacification Edict of Pacification n. [after Middle French, French édit de pacification (1578 or earlier), post-classical Latin pacificatorium edictum (1573 in the passage translated in quot. 1577 for act of pacification n.)] an ordinance or decree enacted by a monarch or state to put an end to strife or discontent; esp. (French History) any of a series of royal edicts in the 16th cent. which granted concessions to Protestants. ΚΠ 1573 tr. F. Hotman True Rep. Outrages Fraunce p. xviii The king..gaue his faith, that he would for euer most sacredly and faithfully obserue his Edict of pacification [L. pacificatorium edictum]. 1873 G. P. Fisher Reformation viii. 272 The court, in 1570, agreed to the treaty of St. Germain, by which the provisions of the Edict of Pacification were revived. 1999 M. Greengrass in M. Leven & P. Roberts Massacre in Hist. iii. 82 Sovereign court judges willingly collaborated with the clauses of royal edicts of pacification to erase all mention of sectarian troubles from their registers. < as lemmas |
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