INTERDICT

interdict. interdict, to forbid straitly

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interdict. Interdict, v.t. to forbid, excommunicate, suspend

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In′ter‐dict″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interdicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interdicting.] [[OE. entrediten to forbid communion, L. interdicere, interdictum. See Interdict, n.]] 1. 1. To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.
Charged not to touch the interdicted tree. Milton. 2. 2. (Eccl.) To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual.
An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his vicar general may do the same. Ayliffe.