Definitions for Interdict
ˈɪn tərˌdɪkt; ˌɪn tərˈdɪktin·ter·dict

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. interdictnoun

   an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district

2. interdict, interdictionverb

   a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity

3. interdictverb

   destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication

4. forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nixverb

   command against

   "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. interdictnoun

   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). Exteme unction/Anointing of the sick are excepted.

2. interdictverb

   To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict.

3. interdictverb

   To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction.

4. interdictverb

   To forbid (someone) from doing something.

5. interdictverb

   To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc).

6. Etymology: entrediten, from entredire, from interdicere, present active infinitive of interdico, from inter + dico, from deikō.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Interdictnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. Prohibition; prohibiting decree.

   Amongst his other fundamental laws, he did ordain the interdicts and prohibitions touching entrance of strangers. Francis Bacon.

   Those are not fruits forbidden, no interdict
   Defends the touching of these viands pure;
   Their taste no knowledge works at least of evil. John Milton, P. L.

   Had he liv'd to see her happy change,
   He would have cancell'd that harsh interdict,
   And join'd our hands himself. John Dryden, Don Sebastian.

   2. A papal prohibition to the clergy to celebrate the holy offices.

   Nani carried himself meritoriously against the pope, in the time of the interdict, which held up his credit among the patriots. Henry Wotton.

2. To INTERDICTverb

   Etymology: interdire, Fr. interdico, Latin.

   1. To forbid; to prohibit.

   Alone I pass'd, through ways
   That brought me on a sudden to the tree
   Of interdicted knowledge. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. v.

   By magick fenc'd, by spells encompass'd round,
   No mortal touch'd this interdicted ground. Thomas Tickell.

   2. To prohibit from the enjoyment of communion with the church.

   An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his vicar-general may do the same. John Ayliffe.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Interdict

   In Catholic canon law, an interdict () is an ecclesiastical censure, or ban that prohibits certain persons or groups from participating in particular rites, or that the rites and services of the church are prohibited in certain territories for a limited or extended time.

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1. interdict

   Interdict refers to an authoritative prohibition or injunction, often issued by legal or religious authorities to forbid or stop a particular action or behavior. It can also mean to prohibit or restrain someone or something from doing something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Interdictnoun

   to forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations

2. Interdictnoun

   to lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual

3. Interdictnoun

   a prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition

4. Interdictnoun

   a prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church

5. Interdictnoun

   an order of the court of session, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of injunction out of chancery in England and America

6. Etymology: [OE. entrediten to forbid communion, L. interdicere, interdictum. See Interdict, n.]

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1. Interdict

   In Roman Catholic canon law, an interdict is an ecclesiastical censure that excludes from certain rites of the Church individuals or groups, who nonetheless do not cease to be members of the Church.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Interdict

   in-tėr-dikt′, v.t. to. prohibit: to forbid: to forbid communion.—n. (in′tėr-dikt) prohibition: a prohibitory decree: a prohibition of the Pope restraining the clergy from performing divine service.—n. Interdic′tion.—adjs. Interdic′tive, Interdic′tory, containing interdiction: prohibitory. [L. interdicĕre, -dictum—inter, between, dicĕre, to say.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Interdict in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Interdict in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Interdict in a Sentence

1. Brandon Judd:

   Those checkpoints are there to interdict the people trying to evade apprehension.

2. Tony Arevalo:

   A well-coordinated effort between the U.S. Coast Guard and our highly-trained agents led us to safely interdict these migrants.

3. Mark Milley:

   We are probably not going to be able to do anything to stop, slow down, disrupt, interdict, or destroy the Chinese nuclear development program that they have projected out over the next 10 to 20 years, they’re going to do that in accordance with their own plan. And there’s very little leverage, I think, that we can do externally to prevent that from happening.

4. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown:

   We want to interdict how it gets into the wrong hands and that leads us right to straw purchasers. People who make blood money off of getting guns into the hands of felons, violent people, who couldn't otherwise get that gun in their hands.

5. Lee Rigby:

   We’ve certainly seen over the last few months a growing concern about exactly the type of attack you just described, it doesn’t take an awful lot of organizing, it doesn’t take too many people to conspire together, there’s no great complexity to it, so what that means is that we have a very short time to interdict, to actually intervene, and make sure that these people don’t get away with it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Interdict
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Interdict
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Interdict
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdict
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Interdict
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Interdict
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Interdict