interdict
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˈɪntərˌdɪkt/
- Formal
:
interdicto
- In the case of Holy Redeemer, its relationship to another Italian parish under the Mercedarians, Saint Rocco, was crucial to the conflict and the interdict.
Examples
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Monsignor Begin explained to the newspapers, "It was a defiance of civil authority and a defiance of ecclesiastical authority, and there was nothing left for me to do but to impose the interdict."
Academic text (1998) -
Have I incurred a penalty (e.g., excommunication, interdict) that forbids me to receive Holy Communion?
Blog text (16) -
Still, he claimed, "the imposition of the interdict was not a rash measure."
Academic text (1998) -
Advice from McFadden and pressure from Cicognani at last compelled Schrembs to lift the interdict on March 19.
Academic text (1998) -
But the decision on February 18 to place an interdict on Holy Redeemer and her "recalcitrant parishioners" escalated the conflict to new heights.
Academic text (1998) -
Archbishop Schrembs, through Monsignor Begin, placed Holy Redeemer under personal and local interdict, the first ever in the Diocese of Cleveland.
Academic text (1998) -
Letters written to Schrembs after the interdict reveal both the embarrassment and dishonor the scandal evoked among some, and the support his intransigent stance received from others.
Academic text (1998) -
Not to be outdone, the Plain Dealer, in its front-page piece entitled, "Parish Put Under Ban as it Rebels," captured a climactic moment in a photograph with Monsignor Begin surrounded by the angry crowd and police officers as he lifted his arm to place Holy Redeemer under interdict.
Academic text (1998) -
The Church placed an interdict on the town, preventing any sacraments from being administered to the residents.
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During the interdict, no weddings or funerals were allowed to take place in the affected area.
Synonyms
12
8.9
An official order by a court or authority that stops someone from doing something
11
9.8
Officially not allowed to take part in a Christian church's services or religious ceremonies
How Severe
- Formal
11
9.8
- Formal
1
9.9
487
2.5
- Formal
141
7.4
17
7.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
interdict = inter + dict
The ecclesiastical sense is historically related to the same Latin formation, but the specialized religious meaning is not predictable from the components by an average learner.
Etymology
Interdict comes from the Latin parts inter- 'between' and dicere 'to say', and the Church used the idea as a way to 'place a barrier' on religious life. So an interdict in the church is a ban that stops people in an area from receiving certain religious services or Christian burial.