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edict

edict \'e--.dikt\ \i-'dik-t*l\ n [L edictum, fr. neut. of edictus, pp. of 
   edicere to decree, f]r. e- + dicere to say - more at DICTION : an official 
   public proclamation having the force of law  - edic.tal aj