in·ter·dict
noun/ˈɪntədɪkt/
/ˈɪntərdɪkt/
- (law) an official order from a court that orders you not to do something
(法庭的)禁令 - They are trying to get an interim interdict to stop construction of the road.
他们正试图获得临时禁令以停止道路建设。
- They are trying to get an interim interdict to stop construction of the road.
- (specialist) (in the Roman Catholic Church) an order banning somebody from taking part in church services, etc.
禁罚;禁行圣事令
Word OriginMiddle English entredite (in the ecclesiastical sense), from Old French entredit, from Latin interdictum, past participle of interdicere ‘interpose, forbid by decree’, from inter- ‘between’ + dicere ‘say’. The spelling change in the 16th cent. was due to association with the Latin form.