See Also: interdict(medicine)
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interdict(dictionary)
INTERDICT(law)
INTERDICT, OR INTERDICTION, eccles(law)

interdict(2) (iou)



interdict verb trans. Also (earlier) entredite. Pa. t. & pple -dicted, (now literary) -dict. ME.
[from INTERDICT noun after Old French entredire from Latin interdicere: see prec.]
Roman Catholic Church. Cut off authoritatively from ecclesiastical functions and privileges; lay under an interdict. ME.
Forbid, prohibit, esp. (Law) by interdiction; debar or preclude (as) by a command; restrain (oneself) from an action. (Foll. by from; with double obj.) LME.
G. Sandys Who..will..interdict thee his tabernacle. H. Cogan They interdicted that great Court from proceeding any further against them.
Impede (an enemy, supplies) by aerial bombing. M20.
interdictive adjective interdictory E17.
interdictory adjective having the effect of interdicting something or someone; conveying interdiction, prohibitory: M18.