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INTERDICT
interdict, interdiction
(noun) a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
interdict
(noun) an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district
forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix
(verb) command against; “I forbid you to call me late at night”; “Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store”; “Dad nixed our plans”
interdict
(verb) destroy by firepower, such as an enemy’s line of communication
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
interdict (plural interdicts)
A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g, a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.
(Scotland, legal) An injunction.
Verb
interdict (third-person singular simple present interdicts, present participle interdicting, simple past and past participle interdicted)
(transitive, Roman Catholic) To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict. [from 13th c.]
(transitive) To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction. [from 16th c.]
(transitive) To forbid (someone) from doing something. [from 16th c.]
(transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc). [from 20th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
In`ter*dict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interdicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interdicting.] Etym: [OE. entrediten to forbid communion, L. interdicere, interdictum. See Interdict, n.]
1. To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations. Charged not to touch the interdicted tree. Milton.
2. (Eccl.)
Definition: 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. Ayliffe.
In"ter*dict`, n. Etym: [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. Milton.
2. (R. C. Ch.)
Definition: 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)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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