interdict

Meaning

Noun

1. 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. An injunction.

Verb

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

Synonyms

forbid

prohibit

ban

disallow

prohibition

proscribe

nix

interdiction

debar

inhibit

injunction

bar

veto

outlaw

forbiddance

taboo

cripple

decree

demand

deny

desolate

destroy

destruct

devour

dictate

direction

directive

disavow

disclaim

disown

drag down

edict

embargo

enjoin

exterminate

fiat

forbidding

forewarn

imperative

instruction

key

🔑

kill

🔪🩸👤

knock out

law

mandate

negate

negation

nuke

obliterate

obstruct

Translations

interdire

prohiber

verbieten

proibire

απαγορεύω

verbieden

yasaklamak

menetmek

prohibir

proibir

vietare

interdict

entredicho

❓

interdit

untersagen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪntɚdɪkt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: entrediten

In summary

From Middle English entrediten, from Old French entredire (“forbid”), from Latin interdīcō (“prohibit, forbid”), from inter- (“between”) + dīcō (“say”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-.