Rescript Definition

rēskrĭpt
noun
The act of rewriting.
Webster's New World
Any official decree or order.
Webster's New World
An order or decree issued by a Roman emperor or by the pope in answer to some presented difficulty or point of law.
Webster's New World
Something rewritten; copy.
Webster's New World
A response from the pope or another ecclesiastical authority to a question regarding discipline or doctrine.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb

To script again or anew.

We're rescripting some popular British TV shows for an American audience.
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Other Word Forms of Rescript

Noun

Singular:
rescript
Plural:
rescripts

Origin of Rescript

  • Latin rescrīptum from neuter past participle of rescrībere to write back re- re- scrībere to write skrībh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Rescript Sentence Examples

  • The sovereign, whether speaking by rescript or by ordinance, never addressed the bulk of his subjects.

  • The constitutional rescript of the 28th of January 1848 had been withdrawn in favour of an electoral law for a national assembly, of whose 152 members 38 were to be nominated by the king and to form an Upper House (Landsting), while the remainder were to be elected by the people and to form a popular chamber (Folketing).

  • The rescript, however, was not incorporated in the Codes and perhaps was only a temporary measure.

  • A rescript of Constantius, in 355, inserted in Cod.

  • Neumann argued that the recrudescence of active persecution was initiated by a deliberate ad hoc rescript issued probably in A.D.

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Words Starting With

RRERES

Words Ending With

TPTIPT

Unscrambles

rescript

Words Starting With R and Ending With T

Starts With R & Ends With TStarts With RE & Ends With TStarts With R & Ends With PT

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With R8 Letter Words Ending With T