Noun: interdict 'in-tu(r),dikt
- An ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district
"The Pope placed the entire kingdom under interdict during the medieval dispute"
- (law) a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
"The judge issued an interdict preventing the company from selling the disputed product";
- interdiction
- Destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication
"The air force interdicted the supply routes"
- Officially refuse to accept or permit
"The government interdicted all travel to the affected region";
- forbid, prohibit, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: interdicts, interdicting, interdicted
Type of: animadversion, ban, censure, command, court order, destroy, destruct, prohibition, proscription, require, spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], uncreate [literary]
Encyclopedia: Interdict