Outlaw vs Interdict - What's the difference?
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A fugitive from the law.
A person who is excluded from normal legal rights.
A person who operates outside established norms.
A wild horse.
(humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.
To declare illegal
To place a ban upon
To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
To deprive of legal force.
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.
(Roman Catholic) To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict.
* Ayliffe
To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction.
* Milton
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:
Outlaw is a related term of interdict.
As nouns the difference between outlaw and interdict
is that outlaw is a fugitive from the law while 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 verbs the difference between outlaw and interdict
is that outlaw is to declare illegal while interdict is (roman catholic) to exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict.outlaw
English
Noun
(en noun)- The main character of the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.
Synonyms
* (person that operates outside established norms) anti-heroVerb
(outlaw)- to outlaw a debt or claim
- Laws outlawed by necessity. — Fuller.
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English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his vicar general may do the same.
- Charged not to touch the interdicted tree.
- Grant did not cease his efforts to interdict Lee's supply lines and break through the defenses.