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  • 11interdict — Interdict, Interdictum …

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  • 12interdict — interdictor, n. n. /in teuhr dikt /; v. /in teuhr dikt /, n. 1. Civil Law. any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer. 2. Rom. Cath. Ch. a punishment by which the faithful, remaining in communion with the church, are… …

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  • 13interdict — interdicts, interdicting, interdicted (The verb is pronounced [[t]ɪ̱ntə(r)dɪ̱kt[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]ɪ̱ntə(r)dɪkt[/t]].) 1) VERB If an armed force interdicts something or someone, they stop them and prevent them from moving. If they… …

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  • 14interdict — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, alteration of entredite, from Anglo French, from Latin interdictum prohibition, from neuter of interdictus, past participle of interdicere to interpose, forbid, from inter + dicere to say more at diction Date:… …

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  • 15Interdict — The term Interdict may refer to: * Court order enforcing or prohibiting a certain action * Injunction, such as a restraining order * Interdict (Roman Catholic Church), an ecclesiastical penalty which (temporarily) bars a specific person or group… …

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  • 16interdict — 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). Exteme unction/Anointing of the sick are excepted. 2. verb a)… …

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  • 17Interdict — The ecclesiastical banning of all sacraments, except for baptism and extreme unction, throughout a geographical area. High feast days were usually not banned. A sanction used to force persons, institutions, communities or secular lords to accept… …

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  • 18interdict — 1. noun they breached an interdict Syn: prohibition, ban, bar, veto, proscription, interdiction, embargo, moratorium, injunction Ant: permission 2. verb 1) they interdicted foreign commerce Syn …

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  • 19interdict — UK [ˈɪntə(r)ˌdɪkt] / UK [ˌɪntə(r)ˈdɪkt] / US [ˈɪntərˌdɪkt] noun [countable] Word forms interdict : singular interdict plural interdicts 1) legal an order from a court of law that officially tells someone not to do something 2) an order from the… …

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  • 20interdict — noun /ˈɪntədɪkt / (say intuhdikt), / daɪt/ (say duyt) 1. Roman Law a general or special order of the Roman praetor forbidding or commanding an act; the procedure by which an interdict was sought. 2. Civil Law any prohibitory act or decree of a… …