edicts
Proclamations from authority
Edicts are official orders or decrees issued by an authority.
The word suggests formal pronouncements that must be obeyed: The king's edicts were read aloud in every village square.
In looser usage, edict describes any authoritative command: My mother's edict was clear—no phones at the dinner table.
Formal authoritative directive
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- fiatAuthoritative official decree
- dictumAuthoritative formal statement
proclamation · pronouncement · ukase · rescript · bull · diktat · injunction · writ
Formally enacted laws
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- codesSystems for secrecy
- ordinancesLocal government rules
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
acts · enactments · bylaws · resolutions · measures · canons · constitution · charter
Formal public announcement
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
- publicationIssued written material
- notificationFormal notice given
bulletin · communiqué · broadcast · promulgation · issuance · dissemination · posting · herald
Supreme in power
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- dominionAuthority to rule
- regimeSystem of governance
rule · enforcement · executive · supremacy · autocracy · tyranny · absolutism · imperial
Instructions to obey
- instructionGuidance for action
- dictateGive orders imperiously
- chargeCost or accusation
- biddingOffering prices or obeying
behest · ultimatum · summons · precept · commandment · imperative · exhortation · demand
mandate
Formal authoritative directive
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- fiatAuthoritative official decree
dictum · proclamation · pronouncement · ukase · rescript · bull · diktat · injunction · writ · canon
statutes
Formally enacted laws
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- codesSystems for secrecy
- ordinancesLocal government rules
regulations · acts · enactments · bylaws · resolutions · measures · canons · constitution · charter · amendments
declaration
Formal public announcement
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
- publicationIssued written material
notification · bulletin · communiqué · broadcast · promulgation · issuance · dissemination · posting · herald · gazette
sovereign
Supreme in power
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- dominionAuthority to rule
regime · rule · enforcement · executive · supremacy · autocracy · tyranny · absolutism · imperial · royal
orders
Instructions to obey
- instructionGuidance for action
- dictateGive orders imperiously
- chargeCost or accusation
bidding · behest · ultimatum · summons · precept · commandment · imperative · exhortation · demand · requirement
- historical recordsdiary, census record, annual reviews, letter, government records
- royal decreesroyal decree, royal decrees, decree, decrees, royal command
- Byzantine textshagiographies, hagiography, homilies, histories, historiography
- Church decreesencyclicals, bulls, promulgations, canons, briefs
- diplomaticscharters, deeds, diplomas, briefs, royal charters
- Medieval Europekings, queens, knights, castles, castle
edictsrequests
Formal expressions of want
suggestions · recommendations · invitations · proposals · entreaties
edictsopinions
Subjective beliefs or assessments
musings · asides · friendly advice · thoughts · word-of-mouth
edictspetitions
Formal requests for action
supplications · pleas · appeals · entreaties · requests
- royal edictMonarch's official command
- imperial edictFormal order from monarch
- Edict of NantesFrench Protestant tolerance proclamation
- Edict of MilanAncient tolerance proclamation