| 单词 | edict |
| 释义 | edict (once / 971 pages) n If your mom orders you to clean your room, that's an order. If the king asks you to do it, that's an edict — an official order from some higher up. Edict comes from the Latin editcum, meaning a "proclamation, or ordinance." Although it was originally used to describe a declaration or command from a king or other governing official, in more recent years it has come to be used almost sarcastically to describe any order. When your teacher says the report is due Monday morning, no exceptions, you know you'll be hitting the books this weekend — this is an edict you cannot ignore. WORD FAMILYedict: edicts USAGE EXAMPLESThat edict was blocked in August by another federal judge in Texas. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The menu arrives in a sealed parchmentlike envelope, like a royal edict. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) But handwritten notes, recently discovered by Rubashkin’s attorneys, prove there was a meeting at which the prosecutors imposed their “No Rubashkins” edict. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) 1n a formal or authoritative proclamation Hyper announcement, annunciation, declaration, proclamation a formal public statement 2n a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) Syn|Hypo|Hyper decree, fiat, order, rescript consent decree an agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court; for example, a company might agree to stop certain questionable practices without admitting guilt curfewan order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited decree nisia decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date imperial decreea decree issued by a sovereign ruler judicial separation, legal separationa judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart programmaan edict that has been publicly posted ban, prohibition, proscriptiona decree that prohibits something staya judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted bull, papal bulla formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla) ukasean edict of the Russian tsar pragmatic, pragmatic sanctionan imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land stay of executionan order whereby a judgment is precluded from being executed for a specific period of time banning-orderan order that bans something cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment, injunction(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity interdict, interdictiona court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity act, enactment a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body |
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