interdict
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English entrediten, from Old French entredire (“forbid”), from Latin interdīcō (“prohibit, forbid”), from inter- (“between”) + dīcō (“say”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): (noun) /ˈɪntɚdɪkt/, (verb) /ɪntɚˈdɪkt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): (noun) /ˈɪntədɪkt/, (verb) /ɪntəˈdɪkt/
- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧dict
NounEdit
interdict (plural interdicts)
- 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 is excepted.
- (Scotland, law) An injunction.
TranslationsEdit
A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person
VerbEdit
interdict (third-person singular simple present interdicts, present participle interdicting, simple past and past participle interdicted)
- (transitive, Roman Catholicism) To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict. [from 13th c.]
- 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon juris canonici Anglicani
- An archbishop [may not only] excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his Vicar-General may also do the same.
- 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon juris canonici Anglicani
- (transitive) To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction. [from 16th c.]
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 7”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- Charged not to touch the interdicted tree.
- (transitive) To forbid (someone) from doing something. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc). [from 20th c.]
- 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2004, p. 756:
- Grant did not cease his efforts to interdict Lee's supply lines and break through the defenses.
- 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2004, p. 756:
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to place under a religious interdict
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(transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy)
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