Sentence examples for an edict of from inspiring English sources
It's an edict of extraordinary egotism – not to say spite.
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.
No one is suggesting an edict of 50/50 male-female acts be enforced at 100% of events.
The persecuting emperor Valerian, however, became a Persian prisoner of war, and his son Gallienus issued an edict of toleration restoring confiscated churches and cemeteries.
In order to pacify the land he made his submission to Rome and promulgated an edict of toleration for the Huguenots, the Edict of Nantes, in 1598.
Graham learned that the publishing giant William Randolph Hearst had issued an edict to all of the editors in his newspaper chain: "Puff Graham".
In 1903, the Russian government issued an edict to confiscate the properties of the Armenian Church, including the treasures of Etchmiadzin.
Although the auctioneers enjoyed a monopoly on sales in France (thanks to a 1552 edict of King Henri II), the French government last year granted Sotheby's and Christie's permission to compete.
Nearby is a rock edict of the 3rd-century-bce Mauryan emperor Ashoka.
The phone numbers belong to the public and can't be bought, sold, brokered or otherwise profited from, according to a 1997 edict of the Federal Communications Commission.
