interdictory

Variant of interdict

transitive verb

  1. to prohibit (an action) or prohibit the use of (a thing); forbid with authority
  2. to restrain from doing or using something
  3. to impede or hinder (the enemy) or isolate (an area, route, etc.) by firepower or bombing
  4. R.C.Ch. to exclude (a person, parish, etc.) from certain acts, sacraments, or privileges

Origin: altered (infl. by L interdictus) < ME entrediten < n. entredit: see interdict below

noun

  1. an official prohibition or restraint
  2. R.C.Ch. an interdicting of a person, parish, etc.

Origin: altered (infl. by L) < ME entredit < OFr < L interdictum < pp. of interdicere, to forbid, prohibit, lit., to speak between < inter- (see inter-) + dicere, to speak (see diction)

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