rescript

Other forms of rescript

plural

rescripts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rescript

What does rescript mean?

rescript means "a reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rescript?

rescript has 2 syllables: re-script. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for rescript?

Close synonyms include decree, edict, fiat, order, revision. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rescript a common word?

rescript is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.