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‖ pragmatica|prægˈmætɪkə|
[Sp. pragmatica, a. late L. pragmatica (sc. sanctio, jussio, annotatio, constitutio) a pragmatic sanction. Cf. It. prammatica, F. pragmatique.]
A royal ordinance having the force of a law; = pragmatic B. 1. (Used esp. in reference to Spain.)
1652Howell Giraffi's Rev. Naples ii. 6 The Viceroy..caus'd a Pragmatica or Proclamation to be printed and publish'd. 1838Prescott Ferd. & Is. (1846) III. xxvi. 418 The promulgation of pragmaticas, or royal ordinances. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain i. 369/2 Charles V., by a Pragmatica in 1525, forbad this usage. 1879Encycl. Brit. IX. 811 As the power of the Spanish crown was gradually concentrated and consolidated, royal pragmaticas began to take the place of constitutional laws. |