Sentence examples for royal edict from inspiring English sources

and Mordecai then obtained a royal edict allowing Jews throughout the empire to attack their enemies on Adar 13.

In June 1675 a royal edict increased the number of councillors to seven, with vacancies to be filled by the king.

The troupe was founded by royal edict in 1680 and today is heavily subsidized by the state, with a $46.5 million annual budget.

Mordecai and his cousin Esther, the king's Jewish wife, interceded on behalf of the Jewish community, rescinded the royal edict authorizing a massacre of the Jews, and instituted the Purim festival.

Ms. Rice, revealed as a classically trained pianist during her years in government, was here by royal edict: Aretha Franklin, having learned of Ms. Rice's avocation, proposed a summit meeting for a charity concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

A reference by Confucius in the late 6th century demonstrates that it was already renowned for its efficiency: "The influence of the righteous travels faster than a royal edict by post-station service".

Most important, he had denied the Parlement of Paris the right to veto royal edicts.

These inscriptions contain royal edicts and similar texts composed in a very formal style; they contributed little to the development of literature in Iran.

In April he set up a smaller version of the Parlement of Paris, but limited its activities to trying crown cases and registering royal edicts.

The secret of the porcelain was introduced by a workman from Saxony, but when the town became part of France in 1766, its manufacture was forbidden because of royal edicts in favour of the Sèvres factory.

The Pactus Legis Salicae (Law of the Salian Franks), a written code combining customary law, Roman written law, Christian ideals, and royal edicts, likely originated during Clovis's reign and had a long history of emendation and influence.