Interdict

v. prohibit, prevent, forbid; deny certain religious privileges (Roman Catholicism); hinder enemy progress with steady bombardment (Military)

n. prohibition; prohibitive order issued by a court (Law); removal of certain privileges (Roman Catholicism)

Interdict can refer to several things: In law, an interdict is a court order enforcing or, more commonly, prohibiting a certain action; a synonym for "injunction". Types of interdicts include: a restraining order (where, for instance a person is prevented from threatening, harassing, or abusing another person); a suppression or "gagging" order (where, for instance, a newspaper is prevented from making certain information public); and an enforcement order (where, for instance, a company is forced to withhold wages from a person who has failed to meet maintenance or other financial obligations).In the Roman Catholic Church, interdict is an ecclesiastical penalty which (temporarily) bars a specific person or group of people from receiving the sacraments.A type of shield or military defense against attack.Conversely, the act of attacking or interrupting a military logistics system, for example air interdiction.In Roman Law, it was (under the name interdictum) an order of a "praetor"
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Noun
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
(hypernym) censure, animadversion
2. a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
(synonym) interdiction
(hypernym) court order
(derivation) forbid, prohibit, proscribe, veto, disallow
(classification) law, jurisprudence
Verb
1. destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication
(hypernym) destroy, destruct
2. command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"
(synonym) forbid, prohibit, proscribe, veto, disallow
(hypernym) command, require, compel
(hyponym) ban
(derivation) interdiction

n. interdict, prohibition; prohibitive order issued by a court (Law); removal of certain privileges (Roman Catholicism)

(n.)
To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual.
  

(n.)
To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.
  

(n.)
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.