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interdict (ĭn`tərdĭkt), ecclesiastical censure notably used in the Roman Catholic Church, especially in the Middle Ages. When a parish, state, or nation is placed under the interdict no public church ceremony may take place, only certain sacraments, especially baptism, may be administered, and the dead may not receive Christian burial. The interdict is used to sway public opinion and to force action. A famous example was the interdict placed upon England during the reign of King John by Innocent III in 1208. interdict 1. RC Church the exclusion of a person or all persons in a particular place from certain sacraments and other benefits, although not from communion 2. Civil law any order made by a court or official prohibiting an act 3. Scots law an order having the effect of an injunction 4. Roman history a. an order of a praetor commanding or forbidding an act b. the procedure by which this order was sought How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Yes, the paper was booming right along, for the Interdict made no impression, got no grip, while the war lasted. If one of these numbers which you interdict be the true answer to the question, am I falsely to say some other number which is not the right one? We met, after I had brought home little Miles, more intimately than ever on the ground of my stupefaction, my general emotion: so monstrous was I then ready to pronounce it that such a child as had now been revealed to me should be under an interdict. |
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