Sentence examples similar to a stern edict from inspiring English sources
The failure to treat Norton's adopted home city with appropriate respect was the subject of a particularly stern edict in 1872: Norton was occasionally a visionary, and some of his Imperial Decrees exhibited profound foresight.
Last year, the kingdom's senior clerics issued a stern religious edict, or fatwa, against al-Qaida and the Islamic State group.
So I felt a little guilty when I stumbled on this stern edict from the Time blogger Matt Selman: "It is unacceptable to display any book in a public space of your home if you have not read it".
That stern edict appears to have been totally forgotten.
So we should all be grateful to the stern edict newly issued by the Department of Education.
True to form, Mrs. Megawati did not speak publicly about the stern edicts she had been previously reluctant to push.
But for many ornery critics -- religious and secular alike -- the commercialism and mirth undermine and desecrate the "true meaning" of Christmas, which, they say, should entail a somber, ascetic tribute to the birth of Jesus Christ, and renewed vows to abide his stern edicts about serving and sacrificing for others, especially for the needy.
Beside her was a stern old matron.
