codified

American

[kod-uh-fahyd, koh-duh-] / ˈkɒd əˌfaɪd, ˈkoʊ də- /

adjective

(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.
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

the simple past tense and past participle of codify.

Other Word Forms

noncodified adjective
uncodified adjective

Etymology

Origin of codified

codify ( def. ) + -ed ²

Example Sentences

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Google codified this by instituting “20% time”—work on anything you want—which produced Google News, Gmail and AdSense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“There is a method to how these decisions historically have been made — a method scientific in nature and codified into law through procedural requirements,” Murphy wrote.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

These are the athlete expression guidelines, external, determined in 2023 and which have been codified into Olympic law.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Discounts are not codified into law and are subject to change or discontinuation.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

All that arcane business about planets ascendant in this or that solar or lunar “house” or the “Age of Aquarius” comes from Ptolemy, who codified the Babylonian astrological tradition.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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