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Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-ter-dik-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn tərˈdɪk ʃən



Definition of interdiction

Origin :
  • mid-15c., enterdiccioun, from Latin interdictionem (nominative interdictio) "prohibition, interdiction," noun of action from past participle stem of interdicere (see interdict).
  • noun sanction
  • noun forbiddance
Example sentences :
  • Why should the Congregation of the Index threaten his work with interdiction?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Thoughtlessly, without remembering her interdiction, I turned the knob.
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • The fine carries the interdiction with it, Mr. Traill, if you are asking for information.
  • Extract from : « Greyfriars Bobby » by Eleanor Atkinson
  • The interdiction of the precious metals was therefore of later origin.
  • Extract from : « Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • But notwithstanding this interdiction these also were sent as remittances.
  • Extract from : « Montreal 1535-1914 under the French Rgime » by William Henry Atherton
  • As they had already declined to do so, the force of the interdiction is not apparent.
  • Extract from : « The Christ » by John Eleazer Remsburg
  • That is the way to have that to keep where there is not any interdiction.
  • Extract from : « Geography and Plays » by Gertrude Stein
  • If Longman had been alone, she would have told him the truth in spite of Braun's interdiction.
  • Extract from : « Comrade Yetta » by Albert Edwards
  • Washington seems, however, to have disregarded the interdiction after Yorktown.
  • Extract from : « George Washington: Farmer » by Paul Leland Haworth
  • An observation which he gives us of Pliny concerning Pythagoras's interdiction of the pulse, is highly remarkable.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 139, June 26, 1852 » by Various

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