interdict

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.4 References

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English enterditen (“‘to place under a church ban’”), from Old French entredit (“‘forbid’”), from Latin interdīcere, present active infinitive of interdīcō (“‘prohibit, forbid’”), from inter (“‘between’”) + dīcō (“‘say’”), from Proto-Indo-European *deikō ^[1].

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interdict (plural interdicts)

1. A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Exteme unction/Anointing of the sick are excepted.

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to interdict (third-person singular simple present interdicts, present participle interdicting, simple past and past participle interdicted)

1. (transitive) To forbid by church or legal sanction.
2. (transitive) To damage, interrupt or destroy enemy lines of communication.
3. (transitive) (Roman Catholic) to exclude a person or geographical area from participation in church symbolism and services.
4. (transitive) To exclude from church sacraments including burial.
5. To invoke a prohibition against contact with another.

[edit] Quotations

Christian Science Monitor: "...the role of the FBI in interdicting spies attempting to pass US secrets to the Soviet Union".

[edit] Related terms

• interdiction
• interdictive
• interdictory
• interdictively
• interdictor

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ “interdiction” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.