Meaning

5 senses
  1. An epistle from the pope responding to some specific question of canon law or morality; a papal decision on a question of doctrine.

    a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality

  2. (Ancient Rome)A statement issued by an emperor which sets out legal guidance on some matter, especially in response to a formal request from a magistrate or similar.

    Reskript, Reskript

    рескри́птreskrípt, рескри́птreskrípt

  3. Any official edict or announcement.

  4. (obsolete)A copy, or act of rewriting something; a rewrite.

    the act of rewriting something

  5. (obsolete, rare)A duplicate of, or counterpart to, a legal document.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
legal gloss provided by a Roman emperor:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
legal gloss provided by a Roman emperor:

Origin

From Latin rescriptum (“written reply”).

From Latin rescriptum (“written reply”).

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Forms

plural: rescripts
Singularrescript
Pluralrescripts

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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