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.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.