Interdict (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer.
  2. a punishment by which the faithful, remaining in communion with the church, are forbidden certain sacraments and prohibited from participation in certain sacred acts.
  3. a general or special order of the Roman praetor forbidding or commanding an act, especially in cases involving disputed possession.
verb (used with object)
  1. to forbid; prohibit.
  2. to cut off authoritatively from certain ecclesiastical functions and privileges.
  3. to impede by steady bombardment: Constant air attacks interdicted the enemy's advance.
noun (ˈɪntəˌdɪkt, -ˌdaɪt)
  1. the exclusion of a person or all persons in a particular place from certain sacraments and other benefits, although not from communion
  2. any order made by a court or official prohibiting an act
  3. an order having the effect of an injunction
  4. Roman history
    • an order of a praetor commanding or forbidding an act
    • the procedure by which this order was sought
verb (ˌɪntəˈdɪkt, -ˈdaɪt) (tr)
  1. to place under legal or ecclesiastical sanction; prohibit; forbid
  2. to destroy (an enemy's lines of communication) by firepower
Interdict (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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