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Synonyms for fiat

Grammar : Noun
Spell : fee-aht, -at; fahy-uh t, -at
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfi ɑt, -æt; ˈfaɪ ət, -æt

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Définition of fiat

Origin :
  • "authoritative sanction," 1630s, from Latin fiat "let it be done" (also used in the opening of Medieval Latin proclamations and commands), third person singular present subjunctive of fieri, used as passive of facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Also sometimes a reference to fiat lux "let there be light" in the Book of Genesis.
  • noun order, proclamation
Example sentences :
  • The fiat demanded no limitation to her stay with “sister” Emma.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • He had to meet the tired, sweet servitors without and announce a man's fiat.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • Fiat voluntas &c. thy will be done in earth as it is in heuen.
  • Extract from : « Shakespeare Jest-Books; » by Unknown
  • He became the umpire of taste, and his word was received as the fiat of fashion.
  • Extract from : « Evenings at Donaldson Manor » by Maria J. McIntosh
  • The judge at last rises, and, with mock solemnity, delivers his fiat.
  • Extract from : « Barn and the Pyrenees » by Louisa Stuart Costello
  • A fate that like the fiat of Deity says "Thou shalt not," to all wrongdoing.
  • Extract from : « Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison » by Austin Biron Bidwell
  • My employer gave me some money, and I started two hours later in the Fiat.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Face » by William Le Queux
  • In the beginning the creative word was Fiat lux—let there be light.
  • Extract from : « Printing and the Renaissance » by John Rothwell Slater
  • But Sir Omicron had shaken his head and declared that the fiat had gone forth.
  • Extract from : « The Bertrams » by Anthony Trollope
  • And, trying to collect his thoughts, he took a cab and drove to her fiat.
  • Extract from : « Saint's Progress » by John Galsworthy

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