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interdict - 6 dictionary results
in⋅ter⋅dict
[n. in-ter-dikt; v. in-ter-dikt]
–noun
–verb (used with object)
| 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, esp. 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. |
Origin:
1250–1300; (n.) < L interdictum prohibition, n. use of neut. of interdictus ptp. of interdīcere to forbid, equiv. to inter- inter- + -dic- (var. s. of dīcere to speak) + -tus ptp. suffix; r. ME enterdit < OF < L, as above; (v.) < L interdictus; r. ME enterditen < OF entredire (ptp. entredit) < L, as above
1250–1300; (n.) < L interdictum prohibition, n. use of neut. of interdictus ptp. of interdīcere to forbid, equiv. to inter- inter- + -dic- (var. s. of dīcere to speak) + -tus ptp. suffix; r. ME enterdit < OF < L, as above; (v.) < L interdictus; r. ME enterditen < OF entredire (ptp. entredit) < L, as above

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| in·ter·dict
(ĭn'tər-dĭkt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. in·ter·dict·ed, in·ter·dict·ing, in·ter·dicts
n. (ĭn'tər-dĭkt')
[Alteration of Middle English enterditen, to place under a church ban, from Old French entredit, past participle of entredire, to forbid, from Latin interdīcere, interdict- : inter-, inter- + dīcere, to say; see deik- in Indo-European roots.] in'ter·dic'tion n., in'ter·dic'tive, in'ter·dic'to·ry (-dĭk'tə-rē) adj., in'ter·dic'tive·ly adv., in'ter·dic'tor n. |
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interdict
c.1290, from O.Fr. entredit, pp. of entredire "forbid by decree," from L. interdicere "interpose by speech, prohibit," from inter- "between" + dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction).
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| interdict | |
noun | |
| 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 |
verb | |
| 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] [ant: allow] |
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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.
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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.
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