interdict Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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. noun a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
    interdiction.
  3. verb destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication
  4. verb command against
    prohibit; forbid; proscribe; disallow; veto; nix.
    • I forbid you to call me late at night
    • Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
    • Dad nixed our plans

WordNet

In`ter*dict" transitive verb
Etymology
OE. entrediten to forbid communion, L. interdicere, interdictum. See Interdict, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Interdicted; present participle & verbal noun Interdicting
Definitions
  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.
In"ter*dict` noun
Etymology
OE. entredit, enterdit, OF. entredit, F. interdit, fr. L. interdictum, fr. interdicere to interpose, prohibit; inter between + dicere to say. See Diction.
Definitions
  1. A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.
    These are not fruits forbidden; no interdict Defends the touching of these viands pure. Milton.
  2. (R. C. Ch.) 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.
  3. (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.

Webster 1913