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ALL meanings of interdict

in·ter·dict
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  • noun interdict Civil Law. any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer. 1
  • noun interdict Roman Catholic Church. a punishment by which the faithful, remaining in communion with the church, are forbidden certain sacraments and prohibited from participation in certain sacred acts. 1
  • noun interdict Roman Law. a general or special order of the Roman praetor forbidding or commanding an act, especially in cases involving disputed possession. 1
  • verb with object interdict to forbid; prohibit. 1
  • verb with object interdict Ecclesiastical. to cut off authoritatively from certain ecclesiastical functions and privileges. 1
  • verb with object interdict to impede by steady bombardment: Constant air attacks interdicted the enemy's advance. 1
  • transitive verb interdict prohibit sth 1
  • noun interdict legal injunction 1
  • noun interdict Roman Catholic: exclusion 1
  • noun interdict An authoritative prohibition. 1
  • verb interdict If an armed force interdicts something or someone, they stop them and prevent them from moving. If they interdict a route, they block it or cut it off. 0
  • countable noun interdict An interdict is an official order that something must not be done or used. 0
  • noun interdict the exclusion of a person or all persons in a particular place from certain sacraments and other benefits, although not from communion 0
  • noun interdict any order made by a court or official prohibiting an act 0
  • noun interdict an order having the effect of an injunction 0
  • noun interdict an order of a praetor commanding or forbidding an act 0
  • noun interdict the procedure by which this order was sought 0
  • verb interdict to place under legal or ecclesiastical sanction; prohibit; forbid 0
  • verb interdict to destroy (an enemy's lines of communication) by firepower 0
  • verb transitive interdict to prohibit (an action) or prohibit the use of (a thing); forbid with authority 0
  • verb transitive interdict to restrain from doing or using something 0
  • verb transitive interdict to impede or hinder (the enemy) or isolate (an area, route, etc.) by firepower or bombing 0
  • verb transitive interdict to exclude (a person, parish, etc.) from certain acts, sacraments, or privileges 0
  • noun interdict an official prohibition or restraint 0
  • noun interdict an interdicting of a person, parish, etc. 0
  • noun interdict 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. 0
  • verb interdict (Transitive Verb) (Roman Catholic) To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict. 0
  • verb interdict (Transitive Verb) To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction. 0
  • verb interdict (Transitive Verb) To forbid (someone) from doing something. 0
  • verb interdict (Transitive Verb) (US, military) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc). 0
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