In"ter*dict` (?), n.
[OE. entredit, enterdit, OF.
entredit, F. interdit, fr. L. interdictum, fr. interdicere to interpose, prohibit; inter between + dicere to say. See Diction.]
1. A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.
These are not
fruits forbidden; no interdict
Defends the
touching of these viands pure.
Milton. 2. (R. C. Ch.) 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.
3. (Scots Law) 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.
In`ter*dict" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interdicted;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Interdicting.]
[OE. entrediten to forbid communion, L. interdicere, interdictum. See Interdict,
n.]
1. To forbid; to
prohibit or debar; as, to
interdict intercourse with foreign nations.
Charged not to touch
the interdicted tree.
Milton.
2. (Eccl.) To lay under an
interdict; to cut off from
the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual.
An archbishop may not only
excommunicate and interdict his suffragans,
but his vicar general may do the same.
Ayliffe.
Hear it pronounced