Definition:

1. To forbid; to prohibit 2. To forbid communion; to cut off from the enjoyment of communion with a church 3. A papal prohibition by which the clergy are restrained from performing divine service; a species of ecclesiastical censure 4. A papal prohibition by which persons are restrained from attending divine service, or prevented from enjoying some privilege

Alternate Spellings and Forms:

interdicts, interdicted, interdicting, interdiction, interdictive, interdictory