codified

[kod-uh-fahyd, koh-duh-]

adjective

1. (of rules, laws, etc.) compiled into an orderly, formal code.

   The Cherokee Nation became a republic in 1827, with a chief, a bicameral council, a constitution, and a codified body of laws.

2. arranged in a digest or systematic collection.

   The officer corps developed a codified body of expert military knowledge and cultivated a unique military culture.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of codify.

Other Word Forms

• noncodified adjective
• uncodified adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of codified¹

codify ( def. ) + -ed ²

Example Sentences

It wasn’t until 1941, however, that the holiday’s date was codified in law, when Franklin Roosevelt signed a joint resolution of Congress mandating its celebration on the fourth Thursday of November.

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That commitment is codified in a still-operative state document from 1982 known as Document 19, officially titled “The Basic Viewpoint and Policy on the Religious Question during Our Country’s Socialist Period.”

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The U.S. has a longstanding policy, which is codified in congressional legislation, to maintain Israel’s “qualitative military edge” in the Middle East.

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The IEA also has a “stated policies” scenario to see how oil and gas demand would play out if countries lived up to their policies even if they are not yet codified in law.

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Ghosting is uncanny not only because it deprives us of certain codified social rituals for disentangling our relationships.

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