They were useless as shields because we couldn't use them: the most sacred edict of the Bureau's creed is that we don't compromise the public.

"Be there five minutes early," Shockey said, invoking one of Coughlin's most sacred edicts.

When he has finished, the Lee-Sting calls out, "Explain such a section, or maxim, of the sacred edict."

This is true, if it means that hired troops have nothing against us, and others respect the sacred edicts.

Christian mysticism and the victorious life : first study, the sacred edict and estoric discipline.

The scion and representative of heaven on earth, he was the ruler of all under heaven, the bearer of the Mandate of Heaven, his commands considered sacred edicts.

In reply, Mr. Koornhof invoked the sacred edict of apartheid: "All black people in South Africa are squatters if you are outside your traditional lands."

It was also high treason to flout the sacred edict concerning the Dark Light.

The house of TohYota, the supposed guardian of tradition, has flouted the sacred edicts it imposed on the rest of Ne-Issan.