INTERDICT

I. noun see: diction Date: 15th century a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district, a prohibitory decree, II. transitive verb Date: 15th century to lay under or prohibit by an ~, to forbid in a usually formal or authoritative manner, 3. to destroy, damage, or cut off (as an enemy line of supply) by firepower to stop or hamper an enemy, intercept 2a , see: forbid ~ion noun ~ive adjective ~or noun ~ory adjective