interdict

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English entrediten, from Old French entredire (“forbid”), from Latin interdīcō (“prohibit, forbid”), from inter- (“between”) + dīcō (“say”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): (noun) /ˈɪntɚdɪkt/, (verb) /ɪntɚˈdɪkt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): (noun) /ˈɪntədɪkt/, (verb) /ɪntəˈdɪkt/ Hyphenation: in‧ter‧dict === Noun === interdict (plural interdicts) 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. (Scots law) An injunction. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === interdict (third-person singular simple present interdicts, present participle interdicting, simple past and past participle interdicted) (transitive, Roman Catholicism) To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict. [from 13th c.] (transitive) To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction. [from 16th c.] (transitive) To forbid (someone) from doing something. [from 16th c.] (transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc). [from 20th c.] ==== Related terms ==== interdiction interdictive interdictory interdictively interdictor ==== Translations ==== == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin interdictum. === Noun === interdict n (plural interdicte) interdict ==== Declension ====