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Interdict

Ĭn′ter-dĭct′, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. INTERDICTED; p. pr. & vb. n. INTERDICTING.] [Lat. interdicere, interdictum, from inter, between, and dicere, to say, speak; It. interdicere, interdire, Fr. interdire, Pr. entredire, Sp. entred ecir, Pg. entredizer.]

Sense 1. To forbid by order or charge; to prohibit or inhibit; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations. “Charged not to touch the interdicted tree.” Milton.

Sense 2. (Eccl.) 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. Ayliffe.

Ĭn’ter-dĭct’,, n.

noun

n. [Lat. interdictum. Fr. interdit.] 1. A prohibiting order or decree; prohibition. No interdict Defends the touching of these viands pure. Milton.

  1. (Eccl.) A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy are restrained from performing, or laymen from attending, divine service, or from administering or enjoying some privileges of the church.
  2. (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.