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interdict | benedict |

As a noun interdict

is a papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (eg, a king or an oligarchy with similar powers) extreme unction/anointing of the sick is excepted.

As a verb interdict

is (roman catholic) to exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict.

As a proper noun benedict is

, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the benedictine order, and of several popes.

interdict

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A 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.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Roman Catholic) To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict.
  • * Ayliffe
    • An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his vicar general may do the same.
  • To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction.
  • * Milton
    • Charged not to touch the interdicted tree.
  • To forbid (someone) from doing something.
  • (transitive, US, military) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc).
  • * 1988 , James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom , Oxford 2004, p. 756:
    • Grant did not cease his efforts to interdict Lee's supply lines and break through the defenses.

    Related terms

    * interdiction * interdictive * interdictory * interdictively * interdictor

    benedict

    English

    Etymology 1

    From Benedicke'' (a variant of ), a character in , 1598.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.
  • * 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger Poeple's" Country , Nebraska 2005, p. 50:
    • The benedict , drearily superfluous to the festivities, had hardly been noticed by her as he lurked about the walls and sought what entertainment was possible to one under the social disabilities of matrimony.
    References
    * Garner's Usage Tip of the Day: "Benedict/Benedicke", accessed on 2005-04-30, which in turn cites Garner's Modern American Usage , Bryan Garner, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195161912, 2003

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (lena) benedictus, past participle of . See benison, and compare bennet.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Having mild and salubrious qualities.
  • * 1622', , ''Natural History'', '''1740 , ''The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban , Volume 3, page 5,
    • And it is not a ?mall thing won in Phy?ick, if you can make rhubarb, and other medicines that are benedict , as ?trong purgers, as tho?e that are not without ?ome malignity.
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