interdict
21Interdict — One of the weapons in the papal armoury. Sentence of interdict excluded a district, country or person from all privileges and benefits of the Church. In effect, this barred a person from receiving the host in holy communion, or from confession.… …
22interdict — in|ter|dict [ˈıntədıkt US ər ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: entredit, from Latin interdictum, from the past participle of interdicere to forbid ] 1.) law an official order from a court telling someone not to do something 2.)… …
23interdict — noun (C) 1 law an official order from a court telling someone not to do something 2 technical a punishment in the Roman Catholic Church, by which someone is not allowed to take part in church ceremonies interdict verb (T) …
24interdict — /interdikt/ A prohibitory decree. Ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical censure, by which divine services (i.e. sacraments) are prohibited to be administered either to particular persons or in particular places. Roman and civil law. A decree of… …
25interdict — /interdikt/ A prohibitory decree. Ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical censure, by which divine services (i.e. sacraments) are prohibited to be administered either to particular persons or in particular places. Roman and civil law. A decree of… …
26Interdict (Roman Catholic Church) — In the Roman Catholic Church, the word interdict (in’tér dikt) usually refers to an ecclesiastical penalty. Interdicts may be real , local or personal. A personal interdict pertains to one or more persons. A real or local interdict, which is no… …
27Interdict, das — Das Interdíct, des es, plur. die e, aus dem mittlern Latein. Interdictum, in der Römischen Kirche, das Verboth des öffentlichen Gottesdienstes, so fern es von einem geistlichen Richter als eine Strafe erlassen wird, da es denn eine geringere Art… …
28interdict — in·ter·dict int ər .dikt n civil law one who has been determined to be incompetent to care for his or her own person or affairs (as by reason of mental incapacity) …
29interdict — Synonyms and related words: Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition Party, Volstead Act, arrest, arrestation, ban, bar, bench warrant, capias, caveat, check, constraint, contraband, control, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curb, curtailment, death… …
30interdict — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. forbid, [de]bar, proscribe, prohibit. See prohibition. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. forbid, hinder, prohibit, stop; see forbid , halt 2 , prevent . See Synonym Study at forbid . III (Roget s Thesaurus… …
