What is another word for Firmans?

Pronunciation: [fˈɜːmənz] (IPA)

Firmans are imperial orders issued in the Ottoman Empire. They were used to issue commands or instructions to provinces, officials, and subjects. Synonyms for firmans include decrees, edicts, proclamations, mandates, commands, orders, rulings, and instructions. All of these terms have a similar meaning to firmans, but they may be used in different contexts. For example, decrees and edicts may be issued by a king or queen, whereas commands and orders are often used in a military context. Regardless of which term is used, the main idea is that a higher authority is issuing instructions or demands to be followed.

What are the hypernyms for Firmans?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Firmans

Cato had no sooner thus expressed himself, but the Firmans forthwith rushed down the mountain, just as they were, upon the guard, and, falling unexpectedly upon them, affrighted and dispersed them all.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh
The young people had performed their ablutions, and were together again on the grass plot admiring their own handiwork, or rearranging here and there leaf or fern-wreath, when a ringing at the bell sounded an arrival, and Harry and his cousins met and saluted their young friends, the Firmans, in the hall: two very nice-looking girls and their two brothers, Maurice and Edward, of whom my readers have heard before.
"Aunt Mary"
Mrs. Perring
By this means, and by the aid of secret emissaries, who eluded our feeble police, and circulated real or forged Firmans of the Sultan disavowing the concord between France and the Porte, and provoking war, the plan of a revolution was organised throughout the country.
"The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte"
Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton

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