interdict
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Noun (2)
- an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular districtType of censure, animadversion
- a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activitySynonyms: interdictionType of court order, prohibition
Verb (2)interdicted, interdicting
- destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communicationMore general destroy, destruct
- command against“I forbid you to call me late at night”“Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store”“Dad nixed our plans”Synonyms: forbidprohibitproscribevetodisallownixMore general command, requireMore specific bar, enjoin, ban, outlaw
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. entrediten to forbid communion, L. interdicere, interdictum. See Interdict, noun
1. To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.
Charged not to touch the interdicted tree.— John Milton
2. Church To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual.
An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his vicar general may do the same.— John Ayliffe
Origin: OE. entredit, enterdit, OF. entredit, F. interdit, fr. L. interdictum, fr. interdicere to interpose, prohibit; inter between + dicere to say. See Diction.
1. A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.
These are not fruits forbidden; no interdict Defends the touching of these viands pure.— John Milton
2. Roman Catholic Church A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church.
3. Scots law An order of the court of session, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of injunction out of chancery in England and America.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54