to exclude a person or geographical area from participation in church symbolism and services
command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"
{f} prohibit, prevent, forbid; deny certain religious privileges (Roman Catholicism); hinder enemy progress with steady bombardment (Military)
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
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
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
To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations
an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district
To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual
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. Troops could be ferried in to interdict drug shipments. = intercept + interdiction interdictions inter·dic·tion increased drug interdiction efforts by the military and Coast Guard
a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication
An ecclesiastical penalty imposed on a territory, severely limiting the celebration of Mass and administration of the Sacraments within its borders
an ecclesiastical punishment excluding the faithful from participation in spiritual things; it could be applied to individuals, to local areas such as parishes, or to whole populations
An interdict is an official order that something must not be done or used. The National Trust has placed an interdict on jet-skis in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. = ban