interdict: Meaning and Definition of

in•ter•dict

1. any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer.
2. a punishment by which the faithful, remaining in communion with the church, are forbidden certain sacraments and prohibited from participation in certain sacred acts.
3. a general or special order of the Roman praetor forbidding or commanding an act, esp. in cases involving disputed possession.

1. to forbid; prohibit.
2. to cut off authoritatively from certain ecclesiastical functions and privileges.
3. to impede by steady bombardment: Constant air attacks interdicted the enemy's advance.