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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). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An injunction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Scots law
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verb
To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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verb
To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To forbid (someone) from doing something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, transitive
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: interdiction
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Broader terms: court order, prohibition, ban, proscription
noun
an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: censure, animadversion
verb
command against
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: forbid, prohibit, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix
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Broader terms: command, require
Narrower terms: ban, bar, debar, exclude, enjoin, outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
verb
destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication
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Broader terms: destroy, destruct
History
From Middle English entrediten, from Old French entredire (“forbid”), from Latin interdīcō (“prohibit, forbid”), from inter- (“between”) + dīcō (“say”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-.
Across languages
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