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Definitions for Interdict
[1] Civil Law . any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer.
[2] Roman Catholic Church . a punishment by which the faithful, remaining in communion with the church, are forbidden certain sacraments and prohibited from participation in certain sacred acts.
[3] Roman Law . a general or special order of the Roman praetor forbidding or commanding an act, especially in cases involving disputed possession.
[4] to forbid; prohibit.
[5] Ecclesiastical . to cut off authoritatively from certain ecclesiastical functions and privileges.
[6] to impede by steady bombardment: Constant air attacks interdicted the enemy's advance.
[7] RC Church the exclusion of a person or all persons in a particular place from certain sacraments and other benefits, although not from communion
[8] civil law any order made by a court or official prohibiting an act
[9] Scots law an order having the effect of an injunction
[10] Roman history an order of a praetor commanding or forbidding an act the procedure by which this order was sought
[11] to place under legal or ecclesiastical sanction; prohibit; forbid
[12] military to destroy (an enemy's lines of communication) by firepower
Words related to Interdict
prohibit, inhibit, halt, prevent, forbid, proscribe, stop, veto, ban, taboo, outlaw
Words nearby Interdict
interdentil, interdentium, interdepartmental, interdependence, interdependent, interdict, interdict list, interdiction, interdictory, interdigit, interdigitate
Origin of Interdict
1250–1300; (noun) < Latin interdictum prohibition, noun use of neuter of interdictus past participle of interdīcere to forbid, equivalent to inter- inter- + -dic- (variant stem of dīcere to speak) + -tus past participle suffix; replacing Middle English enterdit < Old French < Latin, as above; (v.) < Latin interdictus; replacing Middle English enterditen < Old French entredire (past participle entredit ) < Latin, as above
Other words from Interdict
in·ter·dic·tor , noun
un·in·ter·dict·ed , adjective
Word origin for Interdict
C13: from Latin interdictum prohibition, from interdīcere to forbid, from inter- + dīcere to say
Synonyms for Interdict
ban, forbid, halt, inhibit, outlaw, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, stop, taboo, veto