EGAVE

interdict

About 0.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun An injunction.
  3. verb To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  4. verb To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction.
  5. verb To forbid (someone) from doing something.
  6. verb To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc).

Similar words

veto prohibit proscribe forbid disallow injunct ban counter punish counteract

Often followed by

the was on against and of upon to is

Word family

interdicted interdicting interdiction interdictions interdictive interdictor interdictors interdictory interdicts

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