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    interdict

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Law, Christianity
    in·ter·dict /ˈɪntədɪkt $ -ər-/ noun [countable]  1. lawSCL an official order from a court telling someone not to do something 〔法庭的〕禁令2. technicalRRC a punishment in the Roman Catholic Church, by which someone is not allowed to take part in church ceremonies 禁罚〔天主教禁止某人参加教会仪式作为惩罚〕 —interdict /ˌɪntəˈdɪkt $ -ər-/ verb [transitive] —interdiction /-ˈdɪkʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]
    Examples from the Corpus
    interdict• It is not anticipated that in many cases it would be necessary to seek an interdict.• The company has already obtained an interim interdict at the Court of Session banning the inciting or organising of mass picketing.• Now that the threat of interdict had been made public Henry began to negotiate more seriously.• By 1411 Hus had become so influential that Prague was laid under papal interdict.• Lord Penrose, hearing the interdict late at night in his home, turned it down.• Was the interdict extended to apply to trusts as well?• The interdict prohibited four officials from organising or taking part in pickets of more than six people.• The interdict seeks to prevent the authority proceeding with its hearing in the absence through illness of Mr Stewart.    Origin interdict (1200-1300) Old French entredit, from Latin interdictum, from the past participle of interdicere “to forbid”
    in·ter·dict nounChineseSyllable
    telling a official from order someone Corpus an court


    interdict
    in‧ter‧dict /ˈɪntədɪkt $ -ər-/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1200-1300
     Language: Old French
     Origin: entredit, from Latin interdictum, from the past participle of interdicere 'to forbid'
    1. law an official order from a court telling someone not to do something
    2. technical a punishment in the Roman Catholic Church, by which someone is not allowed to take part in church ceremonies
    —interdict /ˌɪntəˈdɪkt $ -ər-/ verb [transitive]
    —interdiction /-ˈdɪkʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]


    inter·dictBrE /ˈɪntədɪkt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɪntərdɪkt/ 🔊 noun(law 法律) an official order from a court that orders you not to do sth （法庭的）禁令(specialist) (in the Roman Catholic Church 天主教) an order banning sb from taking part in church services, etc. 禁罚；禁行圣事令