INTERDICT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interdict mean? 

• INTERDICT (noun)
  The noun INTERDICT has 2 senses:

1. an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district

2. a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity

  Familiarity information: INTERDICT used as a noun is rare.

• INTERDICT (verb)
  The verb INTERDICT has 2 senses:

1. destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication

2. command against

  Familiarity information: INTERDICT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERDICT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("interdict" is a kind of...):

animadversion; censure (harsh criticism or disapproval)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

interdict; interdiction

Hypernyms ("interdict" is a kind of...):

court order (a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something)

ban; prohibition; proscription (a decree that prohibits something)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

interdict (command against)

• INTERDICT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they interdict    ... he / she / it interdicts   
Past simple: interdicted   
Past participle: interdicted   
-ing form: interdicting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "interdict" is one way to...):

destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Command against

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

disallow; forbid; interdict; nix; prohibit; proscribe; veto

Context example:

Dad nixed our plans

Hypernyms (to "interdict" is one way to...):

command; require (make someone do something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "interdict"):

ban (prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure)

bar; debar; exclude (prevent from entering; keep out)

enjoin (issue an injunction)

criminalise; criminalize; illegalise; illegalize; outlaw (declare illegal; outlaw)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue interdict the movie

Derivation:

interdict (a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity)

interdiction (authoritative prohibition)

 Context examples 

I was solemnly interdicted by her, on her recovery, from touching my brother any more on any pretence whatever; and my poor mother, who, I could see, wished otherwise, meekly confirmed the interdict, by saying: No doubt you are right, my dear Jane.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)