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# edict

«edict» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **An official order or rule given by a king, emperor…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an edict, edicts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An official order or rule given by a king, emperor, government or other ruler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/edict/#m1)

2) (informal) Any strict order from someone in charge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/edict/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah uses the word for the balancing "tongue of decree" between Fire and Water, which the writers read as the force that settles opposites. In the primary lessons: In history lessons, kings and emperors issued edicts (for example the Edict of Milan in 313 allowed Christians to worship freely in the Roman Empire); in stories, a cruel king's edict; jokingly, a parent's edict; phrases: «issue an edict», «by royal edict».

### examples

- Three—Fire, Water, and Wind; Fire above and Water below, with Wind the edict deciding between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/edict/#x1)
- An edict—Twelve [another version: Ten] and Seven and Three He appointed them: the Dragon Teli, and the Wheel, and the Heart. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/edict/#x2)
- Goodness distinguishes evil and evil distinguishes goodness; goodness is kept for the good and evil is kept for the evil. [6:3] Three, but each one stands alone. 7 divided: Three opposite Three, with an edict deciding between them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/edict/#x3)
- The emperor issued an edict that all people must pay a new tax. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/edict/#x4)
- The Edict of Milan in 313 gave Christians freedom to worship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/edict/#x5)
- By royal edict, the forest belonged to the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/edict/#x6)
- Mum's new edict: no phones at the table! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/edict/#x7)
- The people refused to obey the unfair edict. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/edict/#x8)
- The edict was read out in the town square. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/edict/#x9)
- An Imperial Edict was sent forth to all the Buddhist temples commanding the priests to offer up continuous prayers to Heaven to stop the noise of the flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/edict/#x10)

### note

Countable: edicts. Pronounced EE-dikt. Formal and old-fashioned; today «law», «order», «decree».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «edict» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/edict/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.