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NOUN (4)

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

2. a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge);
- Example: "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
[syn: decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript]

3. the act of rewriting something;
[syn: revision, revisal, revise, rescript]

4. something that has been written again;
- Example: "the rewrite was much better"
[syn: rewrite, revision, rescript]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rescript \Re"script\ (r?"skr?pt), n. [L. rescriptum: cf. F.
   rescrit, formerly also spelt rescript. See Rescribe,v. t.]
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   1. (Rom.Antiq.) The answer of an emperor when
      formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult
      question; hence, an edict or decree.
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            In their rescripts and other ordinances, the Roman
            emperors spoke in the plural number.  --Hare.
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   2. (R.C.Ch.) The official written answer of the pope upon a
      question of canon law, or morals.
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   3. A counterpart. --Bouvier.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rescript
    n 1: a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law
         or morality
    2: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court
       record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New
       Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" [syn:
       decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript]
    3: the act of rewriting something [syn: revision, revisal,
       revise, rescript]
    4: something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much
       better" [syn: rewrite, revision, rescript]