commanding vs edict

commanding

noun
  • The act of giving a command. 

adj
  • Tending to give commands, authoritarian. 

  • Impressively dominant. 

  • Dominating from above, giving a wide view 

edict

noun
  • A proclamation of law or other authoritative command. 

How often have the words commanding and edict occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )