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Interdict

Interdict Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of 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] command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night" [v] destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication Synonyms \| Synonyms for Interdict: disallow \| forbid \| prohibit \| proscribe \| veto Related Terms \| Find terms related to Interdict: arrest \| arrestation \| ban \| bar \| bench warrant \| capias \| caveat \| check \| constraint \| contraband \| control \| cooling \| cooling down \| cooling off \| curb \| curtailment \| death warrant \| debar \| deceleration \| denial \| deny \| disallow \| disallowance \| Eighteenth Amendment \| embargo \| enjoin \| exclude \| exclude from \| exclusion \| fieri facias \| forbid \| forbiddance \| forbidden fruit \| forbidding \| habere facias possessionem \| hindrance \| index \| index expurgatorius \| index librorum prohibitorum \| inhibit \| inhibition \| injunction \| interdiction \| interdictum \| law \| legal restraint \| mandamus \| mandate \| mandatory injunction \| mittimus \| monopoly \| nisi prius \| no-no \| notice \| notification \| outlaw \| precept \| preclude \| preclusion \| prevent \| prevention \| process \| prohibit \| prohibition \| Prohibition Party \| prohibitory injunction \| proscribe \| proscription \| protection \| protectionism \| protective tariff \| rationing \| refusal \| refuse \| rein \| reject \| rejection \| repress \| repression \| restraint \| restraint of trade \| restrictive covenants \| retardation \| retrenchment \| rule out \| ruling out \| say no to \| search warrant \| self-control \| shut out \| slowing down \| statute \| sumptuary laws \| suppress \| suppression \| taboo \| tariff wall \| thought control \| Volstead Act \| warrant \| warrant of arrest \| warrant of attorney \| writ \| zoning \| zoning laws See Also \| animadversion \| ban \| bar \| censure \| command \| compel \| criminalise \| criminalize \| debar \| destroy \| destruct \| enjoin \| exclude \| illegalise \| illegalize \| outlaw \| require Interdict In Webster's Dictionary \In`terdict"\, 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. \In"terdict`\, 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.

Interdict Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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] command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"
[v] destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication

Interdict In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\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.

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