programma

Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection before being proposed to the general assembly of the people.

Noun

  1. Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection before being proposed to the general assembly of the people.
  2. An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation.
    • a programma was issued in one of the most ample colleges - 1774-1781, Thomas Warton, History of English Poetry:
  3. A preface.

Origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma). Doublet of program.

Forms

programmata