Edicts

The rest of America entered the Fifties with “Leave it to Beaver” sitcoms, an expanding economy and a burgeoning middle class escaping from W. W.II, hungering and thirsting for homes and families, and watching the latest edicts from the fashion mavens. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Works, vol.i. p. 303.)] 35 The history of edicts is composed, and the text of the perpetual edict is restored, by the master-hand of Heineccius, (Opp.tom. vii. ❋ Unknown (1206)

Look who all have gotten Fuzzies under the Fuzzy laws, if one may so term the edicts of a bayonet-imposed Governor. ❋ Piper, H. Beam (1962)

Cicero calls his edicts "Archilochian," that is, as full of spite as the verses of Archilochus. ❋ Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (N/A)

Zeno recalled the edicts of Basiliscus, banished Peter Fullo from ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

On this hypothesis all his edicts are the utterances of a Buddhist. ❋ Charles Eliot (1896)

Hostilities, however, did not commence, since the emperor was desirous of uniting Germany against the Turks; and he therefore recalled his edicts of Worms and Augsburg against the Protestants, and made important concessions, and promised them undisturbed enjoyment of their religion. ❋ John Lord (1852)

At times the edicts were the result of trumped up charges against the Jews or Judaism, and later proved to be false. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The only time that our leaders issue what Makhanya describes as "edicts" is only when they announce the consensus decisions arrived at through open democratic discussion. ❋ Unknown (2006)

On closer inspection, however, the issuing of multifarious and confused edicts from the catwalks does just that. ❋ Tina Gaudoin (2011)

This is what the government and people in power must work on this rather than issuing Fatwas (religious edicts) on newspapers and books … ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the Indonesian Ulema Council is being lashed by critics who question why it bothers to issue such edicts when no-one really obeys them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The binding religious edicts themselves are regarded as moderate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If God has spoken, then followers are expected to live up to God's edicts, regardless of the consequences. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is no written rule in Saudi Arabia barring women from driving, only fatwas, or religious edicts, stemming from a strict tradition of Islam called Wahhabism. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The edicts on badge wearing in early modern Europe can be documented, but we have for that period virtually no record of what responses they elicited from Jews or non-Jews. ❋ Russell Jacoby (2011)

In the Nazi period Vichy France not only issued a raft of laws and edicts to define who was a Jew, it also issued “Certificates of Non-Adherence to the Jewish Race” Certificats de Non-Appartenance à la Race Juive.65 These attested that the bearer “should not be considered a Jew by terms of the law of June 2, 1941.” ❋ Russell Jacoby (2011)

Edict of [Toleration] ([1839]), by [King Kamehameha] III of Hawaii. It allowed for the establishment of the Hawaii Catholic Church. ❋ Dr Mogz (2008)

[Oh] [Eric] You're such an Edict ❋ Mr.Jenkins (2013)

Guy 1: "Dude [your girlfriend] called, she wants to know if you're going to [dinner] tonight." Guy 2: "Yeah......[hang] on.......killing this boss(5)......" Guy 1: "You're so Edicted dude..." ❋ Dexi (2009)

Even though he [looks like] [a douche] he can't [put away] those e-cigs. He must be an edict. ❋ Laskowmatic (2014)

[Citizen]: Hey how are you? Government Official: I [declare] a Swag Edict. Citizen: [Swaggin] ❋ TheGoldenGorilla (2021)