codified

American  

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

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.

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verb

1. 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

“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

That reliance on existing categories likely means Congress won’t need to pass a new law, but the gold card is going to have to be codified in new regulations eventually, he added.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 7, 2025

She began to slip them one by one through her fingers, exactly as her father had done, and her grandfather, and her great-grandfather, performing a family legacy of precise, codified, thorough worrying.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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