— prohibitionary , adj.
/proh'euh bish"euhn/ , n.
1. the act of prohibiting.
2. the legal prohibiting of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks for common consumption.
3. ( often cap. ) the period (1920-33) when the Eighteenth Amendment was in force and alcoholic beverages could not legally be manufactured, transported, or sold in the U.S.
4. a law or decree that forbids.
[ 1275-1325; ME prohibition- (s. of prohibitio ). See PROHIBIT, -ION ]
Syn. 4. interdiction.