Sentence examples for under the edict from inspiring English sources

"Whether the mandate is struck down or not, Georgia is under the edict to establish an exchange," he said.

He believed that their right under the Edict of Nantes to maintain armed fortresses weakened the king's position at home and abroad.

Their remaining rights under the Edict of Nantes were confirmed by a royal declaration in 1643 on behalf of the infant king, Louis XIV.

It was first instituted in 1598 under the Edict of Nantes -- which allowed Protestants to practice their faith and ended our Wars of Religion.

Such historical eras witnessed the coalescence of a host of arguments (philosophical, political, psychological, theological, epistemological, economic) supporting religious toleration, as well as the victory of tolerationist forces in England and in France (under the Edict of Nantes) and across the Continent.

I think I'm right in saying we all stared out of windows to Röyksopp's 2005 ennui-banger What Else Is There?, a kind of modern twist on Peggy Lee's Is That All There Is? Röyksopp are Norwegian, and fall under the edict that anybody born in a Nordic state can chuck out great pop with the abandon of a best man with a tub of confetti.

The winery made its first shipment to China last year, ahead of January sales for the Chinese New Year holiday.Mr Koegelenberg has had to keep up with China's changing tastes: for example, sales of expensive wines for "gifting" to business partners have fallen off under the edicts of President Xi Jinping.

He moderated the political claims made by his coreligionists under the terms of the Edict of Nantes, which had acknowledged Protestant religious and political rights.

His ancestor Henri de Caritat was among the first to adopt the reformed faith in 1561 prior to its official toleration in 1598 under the terms of the Edict of Nantes.

Their ancestors had lived in Spain before being forced to leave under the Expulsion Edict of 1492; the de Mendes family had been prominent there.

UNICEF has dozens of international and local NGO partners who help implement relief and development programmes; almost all have had to stop working under threats of violence after the edict by the government.