noun, masculine/e.di/plural: édits
an edict, type of legislative and/or judicial proclamation, originally emanating from a Roman magistrate
Synonyms: décret, loi, ordonnance, oukase/ukase, proclamation
Related: édicter
Borrowed from Latin ēdictum (“proclamation, edict”), the neuter of ēdictus, perfect passive participle of ēdīcō (“to publish, proclaim”), itself from ex (“out of, from”) + dīcō (“say”); cognate with Dutch edict, German Edikt.