/ ˈɪntədɪkt; NAmE ˈɪntərd-/ noun
1.
( law ) an official order from a court that orders you not to do sth
2.
( technical ) ( in the Roman Catholic Church ) an order banning sb from taking part in church services, etc.
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English entredite (in the ecclesiastical sense), from Old French entredit , from Latin interdictum , past participle of interdicere interpose, forbid by decree, from inter- between + dicere say. The spelling change in the 16th cent. was due to association with the Latin form.