interdict
English
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English entrediten, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French entredire (“forbid”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin interdīcere, present active infinitive of interdīcō (“prohibit, forbid”), from inter (“between”) + dīcō (“say”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ.
Noun
interdict (plural interdicts)
- 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). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.
- (Scotland, law) An injunction.
Translations
A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person
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Verb
interdict (third-person singular simple present interdicts, present participle interdicting, simple past and past participle interdicted)
- (transitive, Roman Catholicism) To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict. [from 13th c.]
- Ayliffe
- An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his vicar general may do the same.
- Ayliffe
- (transitive) To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction. [from 16th c.]
- Milton
- Charged not to touch the interdicted tree.
- Milton
- (transitive) To forbid (someone) from doing something. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc). [from 20th c.]
- 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2004, p. 756:
- Grant did not cease his efforts to interdict Lee's supply lines and break through the defenses.
- 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2004, p. 756:
Related terms
Translations
to place under a religious interdict
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(transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy)
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