noun
Sword Abolishment Edict (1876)
A specific historical edict issued by the Meiji government in 1876, prohibiting the wearing of swords in public except for military and police personnel. It effectively ended the samurai class's privilege of carrying swords.
廃刀令は、明治政府が武士の特権を廃止するために出した法令の一つです。
The Sword Abolishment Edict was one of the decrees issued by the Meiji government to abolish samurai privileges.
廃刀令によって、一般の武士は刀を差すことができなくなった。
Due to the Sword Abolishment Edict, ordinary samurai could no longer wear swords.