Edict n. : A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.

Example:
what is the Edict of milans relationship with the french revolution?

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Defination from the web:
Edict of Milan (313), by Constantine the Great, and Licinius, the Eastern tetrarch. ... It was an edict of toleration that recognized the existence of the Protestants and guaranteed freedom of conscience and private worship. ...