(n.) A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.
Example Sentences:
(1) Egypt's Dar el-Ifta, a wing of the justice ministry that issues non-binding religious edicts, said al-Raqisa would destroy the moral structure of the country.
(2) There's also a new edict from the central forestry ministry whereby communities will be able to bulldoze up to a fifth of the forest in their locality for agriculture or plantation use.
(3) In an interview on state TV aired late on Thursday, Morsi defended his edicts, saying they were a necessary "delicate surgery" to get Egypt through a transitional period and end instability he blamed on the lack of a constitution.
(4) In the past month, Dar el-Ifta, the wing of the justice ministry that issues religious edicts, may have condemned the extremism of Isis – but it has also condemned both belly-dancing and online communication between men and women.
(5) Only last month, a new edict allowed sub-divisional magistrates to use flashing blue beacons, though it insisted that only divisional and sub-divisional commissioners would be allowed to use red beacons.
(6) To Eller's most important achievements in Berlin belong the Medicinal Edict of 1725 as well as the management of the citizens' hospital opened in 1727.
(7) Democrats support the regulations and claim that Republicans are rolling back the edicts in order to appease fossil fuel interests.
(8) If that seems modest, he says he has complex planning issues to deal with, as well as edicts from central government – such as a push to sell off publicly owned land.
(9) US bans larger electronic devices on some flights from Middle East Read more Hours after the distribution of a “confidential” edict from the US Transportation Safety Administration (TSA), senior Trump administration officials told a hastily convened press briefing on Monday night the ban had been brought in after “evaluated intelligence” emerged that terrorists favored “smuggling explosive devices in various consumer items”.
(10) The no-entry edict prompted residents to rush back into the zone to grab as many belongings as they could before the order went into effect.
(11) An edict requiring gas sterilization rather than solution soaking of these instruments is in force in all federal hospitals.
(12) The edicts appeared in a statement that also encouraged insurgents to join peace talks, fuelling fears that any successful negotiations would come at a high cost to women.
(13) Brussels has been careful to issue no centralising edicts that might confirm the leavers’ caricature of the meddling EU.
(14) In some ways, neither the political orientation of Bani Walid nor edicts from central government matter.
(15) Seventeen defendants have been charged under the 2013 edict; if convicted, they could face up to five years in prison and a fine of 50,000 Egyptian pounds, (£4,388).
(16) His company makes small parts, meaning material costs are higher than labor, he said: “So there very often is a case that buying the material in the US is actually less expensive.” Clinton v Trump on the economy: speeches underscore competing visions Read more Still, the company has edicts from some of its customers to use locally sourced suppliers.
(17) He suggests that this is the dynamic that drives unthinking partisan allegiance ("What's most distinctive about the current presidential election and our political culture [is] … how unconditionally so many partisans back their side's every edict, plaint and stratagem"), as well as numerous key political frauds, from Saddam's WMDs to Obama's fake birth certificate to Romney's failure to pay taxes for 10 years.
(18) In any case, he knows he’s toast if he starts threading the Lib Dem manifesto through with Old Testament edicts.
(19) A Department for Transport edict still bans travel there from UK airports, Tipton said.
(20) It's not broke, in any sense of the word – unless you're one of the countless unfortunates to have suffered at the hands of its edicts or its evildoers, of course – so what in his employer's name is Francis up to with this suggestion that something needs to be fixed?
Proclamation
Definition:
(n.) The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.
(n.) That which is proclaimed, publicly announced, or officially declared; a published ordinance; as, the proclamation of a king; a Thanksgiving proclamation.
Example Sentences:
(1) Canada poised to pass anti-terror legislation despite widespread outrage Read more Among other effects, Alberta’s unexpected revolution casts a shadow over the federal government’s imminent proclamation of sweeping new anti-terrorism legislation , which has provoked opposition from all corners of the political landscape.
(2) That's true of Dawkins' proclamation that "[I] often say Islam [is the] greatest force for evil today."
(3) Some 318 rebels died and 2,217 were wounded; the British army saw 125 killed and 368 wounded; 90 rebels were sentenced to death in an immediate court martial and 15 of those executed, including all seven signatories of the Easter Monday proclamation (the report below erroneously reports that some had been killed in the fighting).
(4) The Ethiopian Mining Proclamation states that the government requests 5% free equity shares with every licensed mining company operating in the country, as well as 35% income tax and 8% royalties.
(5) They were shocked at the king’s proclamations for independence and had tired of his requests that they remove their shoes during royal visits.
(6) Despite constant proclamations surrounding the death of privacy, reports of its demise have been greatly exaggerated.
(7) In 2009, parliament passed the charities and societies proclamation , which placed restrictive regulations on non-government organisations, including limitations on foreign funding.
(8) Obama administration rushes to protect public lands before Trump takes office Read more “The traditional ecological knowledge amassed by the Native Americans whose ancestors inhabited this region, passed down from generation to generation, offers critical insight into the historic and scientific significance of the area,” the president’s proclamation said .
(9) Uneven performance The proclamation by Sir Michael Wilshaw, chief inspector of schools in England, of an "unprecedented improvement" in schools' Ofsted results will have been cheered by many.
(10) • In a presidential proclamation Barack Obama said it was "not enough to reflect with pride on the victories of the civil rights movement".
(11) The Republican president also broke from Barack Obama’s practice of issuing a proclamation in honor of Pride Month.
(12) Historians now tell us that there was a tussle to have women included so pointedly in the proclamation.
(13) Blair, who converted to Catholicism to join the same faith as his wife Cherie, added: "One of the things I loved about meeting such people in office was their unashamed proclamation of their faith."
(14) "They will have had to issue a proclamation in the government gazette specifying it.
(15) He read the proclamation for a new state and held the building until he was forced to evacuate.
(16) Bibi’s zero-tolerance proclamation was the modern equivalent of King Canute standing at the shoreline and commanding the waves to turn back.
(17) However, such a proclamation does not lay out a blueprint for housing the homeless child, or for building safe public transport for the 20-something journalist who works at my magazine.
(18) The governor general did so in a proclamation on Monday, proroguing parliament on 15 April for a new session to begin on 18 April.
(19) Still, I am uncomfortable with all the eulogising that's going on, the strident proclamations that only evil people or dupes could imagine that there is any need for reform.
(20) President Ram Baran Yadav signed the constitution and made the proclamation, setting off a roar of applause from members of the constituent assembly in Kathmandu.