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Authoritative decrees
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dicta
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n. (en-irregular plural of: dictum )
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Dictum \Dic"tum\, n.; pl. L. Dicta , E. Dictums . [L., neuter of dictus, p. p. of dicere to say. See Diction , and cf. Ditto .] An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm. A class of critical dicta everywhere current. --M. Arnold. (Law) ...
Usage examples of dicta.
Nam Ephoro quoquomodo dicta pro exploratis habebant Graeci plerique et Romani: ita gliscebat error posteritate.
It was the spirit of Puritanism which robbed Shelley of his children, because he would not bow to the dicta of religion.
Even among the Angels of the Lord the Prophet himself accepted the dicta of the Doctor without question.