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an order — typically a formal proclamation or a legally binding court decree- The right's only task was to advise the military in the elaboration of new edicts and new laws.Isabel Allende -- The House of Spirits
- I soaked away a year of cinders and grime and Mum Olga's orders and Hattie's edicts and Olive's demands.Gail Carson Levine -- Ella Enchanted
- It is my will which chooses, and the choice of my will is the only edict I must respect.Ayn Rand -- Anthem
- I had been handed an edict worse than a thousand advertisements for pasta makers.Rick Riordan -- The Trials of Apollo
- Mobutu's edicts are that far-reaching.Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
- Even positive edicts of the Imperium were usually negative in form: Thou Shalt Not Blow Up Thy Neighbors' Planet.Robert A. Heinlein -- Glory Road
- For selfish reasons, Eragon disliked the king's edict, but he could understand the rationale behind it; the fight would hardly have been fair otherwise.Christopher Paolini -- Inheritance
- The heat helps enforce the edict.Neal Shusterman -- Unwind
- The clerics were recruited by the prison service, whose one edict was that they must preach exclusively on religious matters.Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
- I Know Daddy Has Issued A "no rides with Brittany" edict.Ellen Hopkins -- Identical
- Every day it seemed a new edict came.Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala
- Then the changes began — Utlapa's first edict was to forbid any warrior to enter the spirit world.Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
- The Edicts, Constitutions, and Epistles Of The Prince, that is, of the Emperour; because the whole power of the people was in him.Thomas Hobbes -- Leviathan
- She knew nothing of Matron's quotas and edicts for Missing dogs.Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
- My legs were still shaky from the walk and, before deciding whether to fight the edict or leave, I asked for a cup of tea.Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
- Let no one, god or goddess, contravene my present edict; all assent to it that I may get this business done, and quickly.Homer -- The Iliad
- I panicked, worried that Charlie was about to lay down some kind of edict that would prohibit La Push, and consequently my motorcycle.Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
- The latest heartache for Dutchmen was an edict making it a crime to sing the "Wilhelmus," our national anthem.Corrie ten Boom -- The Hiding Place
- "It would seem so," muttered Miss Boon, returning the edict to Cooper.Henry H. Neff -- The Second Siege
- The council must issue an edict.George R.R. Martin -- A Clash of Kings