Interdict

Quick meaning: Interdict is a noun meaning (Scots law) An injunction.

Meaning

(Scots law) An injunction.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction.
2. (transitive) To forbid (someone) from doing something.
3. (transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc).
4. (transitive, Roman Catholicism) To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict.
5. 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.

Example Sentences

Charged not to touch the interdicted tree.

Grant did not cease his efforts to interdict Lee's supply lines and break through the defenses.

An archbishop [may not only] excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his Vicar-General may also do the same.

Do not look so alarmed, Madame; every possible precaution has been taken to prevent infection. I have given the strictest orders to interdict any communication between her attendants and those devoted to your service.

Word Forms

• interdicts
• interdicting
• interdicted

Synonyms for interdict

Depending on context, synonyms include forbid, proscribe, prohibit, veto, disallow.

Antonyms for interdict

Common opposites include countenance, allow, permit, let.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include veto, prohibit, proscribe, forbid, disallow, injunct.

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