interdict
n
1 (R.C. Church) the exclusion of a person or all persons in a particular place from certain sacraments and other benefits, although not from communion
2 (Civil law) any order made by a court or official prohibiting an act
3 (Scots law) an order having the effect of an injunction
a an order of a praetor commanding or forbidding an act
b the procedure by which this order was sought
vb tr
5 to place under legal or ecclesiastical sanction; prohibit; forbid
6 (Military) to destroy (an enemy's lines of communication) by firepower
(C13: from Latin interdictum prohibition, from interdicere to forbid, from inter- + dicere to say)
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interdictive, interdictory adj
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interdictively adv
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interdictor n