Hypertext Webster Gateway: "interdict"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Interdict \In"ter*dict`\, n. [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.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Interdict \In`ter*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interdicted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Interdicting}.] [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.) 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
interdict
n : an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church
withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from
a person or all persons in a particular district
v 1: destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of
communication
2: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"
[syn: {forbid}, {prohibit}, {proscribe}, {veto}, {disallow}]
[ant: {permit}, {permit}]
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