LekhoriLekhoriA papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.
An injunction.
To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict.
An archbishop [may not only] excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his Vicar-General may also do the same.
From Middle English entrediten, from Old French entredire (“forbid”), from Latin interdīcō (“prohibit, forbid”), from inter- (“between”) + dīcō (“say”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-.
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To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction.
Charged not to touch the interdicted tree.
To forbid (someone) from doing something.
Do not look so alarmed, Madame; every possible precaution has been taken to prevent infection. I have given the strictest orders to interdict any communication between her attendants and those devoted to your service.