Interdict

in-tėr-dikt′, v.t. to. prohibit: to forbid: to forbid communion.— n. (in′tėr-dikt) prohibition: a prohibitory decree: a prohibition of the Pope restraining the clergy from performing divine service.— n. Interdic′tion .— adjs. Interdic′tive , Interdic′tory , containing interdiction: prohibitory. [L. interdicĕre , - dictum — inter , between, dicĕre , to say.]