Definition of interdict Interdict

/ɪˈntɚdɪˌkt/ - [interdikt] - in•ter•dict

We found 13 definitions of interdict from 6 different sources.

What does interdict mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: interdicts
interdict - a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
		interdiction
		court order a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something
		proscription, ban, prohibition an official prohibition or edict against something
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
interdict - an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district
Verb interdicts, interdicting, interdicted
interdict - destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication
		destruct, destroy destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons"
interdict - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
		forbid, prohibit, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix
		countenance, permit, let, allow consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
		require, command make someone do something
		ban prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"
		debar, bar, exclude prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
		enjoin issue an injunction
		criminalise, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw, criminalize declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."

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Wiktionary

interdict (Noun)
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 are excepted.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

interdict (n.)
To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.
interdict (n.)
To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual.
interdict (n.)
A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.
interdict (n.)
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.
interdict (n.)
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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

interdict
To tell not to do something.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

interdict
in-tėr-dikt′, v.t. to. prohibit: to forbid: to forbid communion.—n. (in′tėr-dikt) prohibition: a prohibitory decree: a prohibition of the Pope restraining the clergy from performing divine service.—n. Interdic′tion.—adjs. Interdic′tive, Interdic′tory, containing interdiction: prohibitory. [L. interdicĕre, -dictum—inter, between, dicĕre, to say.]