interdict

Definition of interdict

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈɪntədɪkt/

an authoritative prohibition, in particular:
Law, chiefly Scottish a court order forbidding an act; a negative injunction.
(in the Roman Catholic Church) a sentence debarring a person or place from ecclesiastical functions and privileges:a papal interdict

verb

Pronunciation: /ˌɪntəˈdɪkt/

[with object] chiefly North American

1prohibit or forbid (something):society will never interdict sex
(interdict someone from) prohibit someone from (doing something):I have not been interdicted from consuming alcoholic beverages

2intercept and prevent the movement of (a prohibited commodity or person):army efforts to interdict enemy supply shipments
Military impede (an enemy force), especially by bombing lines of communication or supply.

Derivatives

interdiction

Origin:

Middle English entredite (in the ecclesiastical sense), from Old French entredit, from Latin interdictum, past participle of interdicere 'interpose, forbid by decree', from inter- 'between' + dicere 'say'. The spelling change in the 16th century was due to association with the Latin form

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