Sentence examples for an edict from inspiring English sources

In 202 an edict forbade Christian (and Jewish) proselytism.

The association was finally dissolved by an edict in 1676.

In 523 he also issued an edict against Arianism.

"No one issued an edict," Ms. Morehouse said.

It's an edict of extraordinary egotism – not to say spite.

Across China, luxury retailers and fancy restaurants are suffering from an edict against wasteful government spending.

Last month an edict banned the rapid dollarisation of the economy that is taking place.

Then I ventured an edict: "If you don't stop it, I'm calling the cops".

Portugal promulgated an edict of expulsion in 1497 and Navarre in 1498.

House serfs were freed from their lords by an edict of Tsar Alexander II in 1861.

Finally, an edict in 1905 abolished the examination system that had dominated Chinese education for centuries.