programma Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an edict that has been publicly posted

WordNet

Pro*gram"ma noun
Etymology
L. See Programme.
Wordforms
plural Programmata
Definitions
  1. (Gr. Antiq.) Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection previously to its being proposed to the general assembly of the people.
  2. An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation.
  3. See Programme.
  4. A preface. Obs. T. Warton.

Webster 1913