Difference between Forbid and Interdict

What is the difference between Forbid and Interdict?

Forbid as a verb is to disallow while Interdict as a verb is to forbid by church or legal sanction.

Forbid

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To disallow To proscribe

Example sentence: So what's really behind the 'English Only' Movement? Fear. Fear of being taken over and one day they will have to learn something different. Heaven forbid they would have to learn something new.

Interdict

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To forbid by church or legal sanction.To damage, interrupt or destroy enemy lines of communication.to exclude a person or geographical area from participation in church symbolism and services.To exclude from church sacraments including burial.To invoke a prohibition against contact with another.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: 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). Exteme unction/Anointing of the sick are excepted.

We hope you now know whether to use Forbid or Interdict in your sentence.

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