different between commandment vs fiat

English

Alternative forms

• commaundment, commandement (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English comaundement, from Old French comandement, from comander. See command.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??m??ndm?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k??mændm?nt/

Noun

commandment (countable and uncountable, plural commandments)

1. (religion) A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.
2. (archaic) Something that must be obeyed; a command or edict.

   • Pau. Pray you then,

     Conduct me to the Queene.

     Gao. I may not (Madam)

     To the contrary I haue expre??e commandment.

3. (obsolete) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.

   • Orl. Speake you ?o gently ? Pardon me I pray you,

     I thought that all things had bin ?auage heere,

     And therefore put I on the countenance

     Of ?terne command'ment.

4. (law) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin f?at (“let it be done”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa?æt/, /?fi.æt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

fiat (plural fiats)

1. An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
   • 1788, Alexander Hamilton, Federalist no. 73

     The reflection that the fate of a fellow-creature depended on his sole fiat, would naturally inspire scrupulousness and caution; [...]

2. Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.

3. (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
4. (English law) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.

Translations

Derived terms

• fiat money
• fiat currency

Verb

fiat (third-person singular simple present fiats, present participle fiating, simple past and past participle fiated)

1. (transitive, used in academic debate and role-playing games) To make (something) happen.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:fiat.

References

• fiat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• fita

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /fi?at/
• Rhymes: -at

Verb

fiat m (feminine fiada, masculine plural fiats, feminine plural fiades)

1. past participle of fiar

Latin

Verb

f?at

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of f??: "may it become", "may it be made", "may it happen"
2. third-person singular present passive subjunctive of faci?: "may it become", "may it be made", "may it happen"