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The Taliban issued an edict that girls could not attend school.edict = order
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Constantine issued an edict for religious tolerance throughout the Roman Empire.
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I wore pink to the gala and talked publicly about how we had defied the Taliban edict and carried on going to school secretly. (source)
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All stores and businesses must close, was the edict. (source)
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The heat helps enforce the edict. (source)
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Chuck hadn't given us any serious trouble in a couple years—someone in cool kid land laid down the edict that we were to be left alone. (source)
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I had been handed an edict worse than a thousand advertisements for pasta makers. (source)edict = order
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Mobutu's edicts are that far-reaching. (source)edicts = orders
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The latest heartache for Dutchmen was an edict making it a crime to sing the "Wilhelmus," our national anthem. (source)edict = order
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They made some recommendations, and edicts went out that families must start eating together again. (source)edicts = orders
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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. (source)edict = order
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She knew nothing of Matron's quotas and edicts for Missing dogs.† (source)
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Where is the staircase, from which Charles VI promulgated his edict of pardon? (source)
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An air of academic clutter hung over the room, along with the fruited scent of Rousseau's pipe tobacco, a habit he indulged in violation of numerous official edicts regarding smoking in government offices.† (source)
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You understand, Treville—an edict is still an edict, it is forbidden to fight, after all. (source)
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I soaked away a year of cinders and grime and Mum Olga's orders and Hattie's edicts and Olive's demands.† (source)
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