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Definition of Interdict
1. 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.
2. Verb. Destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication.
3. Noun. A court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity.
Generic synonyms: Court Order, Ban, Prohibition, Proscription
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
4. Verb. Command against. "Sam and Sue interdict the movie "; "Dad nixed our plans"
Generic synonyms: Command, Require
Specialized synonyms: Ban, Bar, Debar, Exclude, Enjoin, Criminalise, Criminalize, Illegalise, Illegalize, Outlaw
Antonyms: Allow, Permit
Derivative terms: Forbiddance, Forbiddance, Forbidding, Interdiction, Prohibition, Proscription, Proscription, Veto
Definition of Interdict
1. v. t. To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.
2. n. A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.
Definition of Interdict
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Interdict
1. 1. To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations. "Charged not to touch the interdicted tree." (Milton) 2. 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) Origin: OE. Entrediten to forbid communion, L. Interdicere, interdictum. See Interdict. 1. A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition. "These are not fruits forbidden; no interdict Defends the touching of these viands pure." (Milton) 2. 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. 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. Origin: OE. Entredit, enterdit, OF. Entredit, F. Interdit, fr. L. Interdictum, fr. Interdicere to interpose, prohibit; inter between + dicere to say. See Diction. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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