All 3 Uses of
edict
in
I Am Malala
- Every day it seemed a new edict came.
p. 118.7edict = order
- I wrote about being afraid to go to school because of the Taliban edict and looking over my shoulder all the time.
p. 155.9
- I wore pink to the gala and talked publicly about how we had defied the Taliban edict and carried on going to school secretly.
p. 214.8 *
Definition:
an order -- typically a formal proclamation or a legally binding court decree
Synonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):
As compared to "proclamation", "order", or "legal finding", "edict" is often chosen to imply that the order is unfair.
As compared to "proclamation", "order", or "legal finding", "edict" is often chosen to imply that the order is unfair.