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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTERDICT', v.t. [L. interdico, interdictum; inter and dico, to speak.]
1. To forbid; to prohibit. An act of congress interdicted the sailing of vessels from our ports. Our intercourse with foreign nations was interdicted.
2. To forbid communion; to cut off from the enjoyment of communion with a church.
An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his vicar-general may do the same.
IN'TERDICT, n. [L. interdictum.] Prohibition; a prohibiting order or decree.
1. A papal prohibition by which the clergy are restrained from performing divine service; a species of ecclesiastical censure. The pope has sometimes laid a whole kingdom under an interdict.
2. A papal prohibition by which persons are restrained from attending divine service, or prevented from enjoying some privilege.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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: a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity [syn: interdict, interdiction] 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"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" [syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix] [ant: allow, countenance, let, permit]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, alteration of entredite, from Anglo-French, from Latin interdictum prohibition, from neuter of interdictus, past participle of interdicere to interpose, forbid, from inter- + dicere to say — more at diction Date: 15th century 1. a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district 2. a prohibitory decree II. transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. to lay under or prohibit by an interdict 2. to forbid in a usually formal or authoritative manner 3. a. to destroy, damage, or cut off (as an enemy line of supply) by firepower to stop or hamper an enemy b. intercept 2a <interdict drug shipments> Synonyms: see forbid • interdiction noun • interdictive adjective • interdictor noun • interdictory adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 an authoritative prohibition. 2 RC Ch. a sentence debarring a person, or esp. a place, from ecclesiastical functions and privileges. 3 Sc. Law an injunction. --v.tr. 1 prohibit (an action). 2 forbid the use of. 3 (usu. foll. by from + verbal noun) restrain (a person). 4 (usu. foll. by to) forbid (a thing) to a person. Derivatives: interdiction n. interdictory adj. Etymology: ME f. OF entredit f. L interdictum past part. of interdicere interpose, forbid by decree (as INTER-, dicere say)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(interdicted) 1. If an armed force interdicts something or someone, they stop them and prevent them from moving. If they interdict a route, they block it or cut it off. (AM FORMAL) Troops could be ferried in to interdict drug shipments. = intercept VERB: V n • interdiction (interdictions) ...increased drug interdiction efforts by the military and Coast Guard. N-VAR 2. An interdict is an official order that something must not be done or used. (FORMAL) The National Trust has placed an interdict on jet-skis in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. = ban N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Forbid, prohibit, inhibit, proscribe. II. n. 1. Prohibition, interdiction. 2. (Eccles.) Ban, suspension of religious privileges.

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