How to use "edict" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "edict" in popular movie and book plots

  • Just then, a messenger arrives with an imperial edict announcing that Emperor Wuzong is dead and that Li Yi will succeed him.  - Avalokitesvara (film)
  • Enraged, Yinzhen blames Yinsi and his wife, issuing an edict forcing them to divorce, which leads her to commit suicide.  - Scarlet Heart
  • Longkodo reads the Kangxi Emperor's final edict and declares Yinzhen the new Emperor.  - Yongzheng Dynasty
  • The emperor dies, his posthumous edict robbed, and the kingdom is left with no heir.  - Relic of an Emissary
  • Ashok's father happens to be an edict of alcohol and more concerned with himself than the child, in due course remarries.  - Chaahat (1971 film)
  • Ten years later, peace is restored and the ruling house issues and edict to find the missing princess.  - Real/Fake Princess
  • Before the Panchayat’s bizarre edict could be executed, a city based NGO intervenes.  - Kajri
  • They converse on various topics, including King Philip III's recent edict expelling the Moriscos from Valencia.  - El Buscón
  • Among the many rules in Dinotopia is the edict that, once an outsider arrived, he or she was never allowed to leave.  - Dinotopia (miniseries)
  • Teav sends word to Tum of the impending wedding, and Tum arrives with an edict from the king to stop the ceremony.  - Tum Teav
  • As he is dying in the play's bloody final scene, Leucippus reverses his father's edict against Cupid.  - Cupid's Revenge
  • As Governor of Tango, the first thing Zushiō does is to order an edict forbidding slavery both on public and private grounds.  - Sansho the Bailiff
  • Noah is adamant that Yaweh's edict must be followed to the letter and insists that there must be only two of every animal.  - Not Wanted on the Voyage
  • Plunkett went into hiding, travelling only in disguise, and refused a government edict to register at a seaport to await passage into exile.  - Oliver Plunkett
  • In the woods Alice meets Tweedledum and Tweedledee, who sing and dance about the proper edict of greeting one another ("Shake Hands").  - Alice in Wonderland (1985 film)

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