interdict

To prohibit (an action or thing) or forbid (someone) to do something, especially by legal or ecclesiastical order.

To cut or destroy (a line of communication) by firepower so as to halt an enemy’s advance.

To confront and halt the activities, advance, or entry of.

An authoritative prohibition, especially by court order.

An ecclesiastical censure that bars an individual, members of a given group, or inhabitants of a given district from participation in most sacraments.

To declare authoritatively against, as the use or doing of something; debar by forbidding; prohibit peremptorily.

To prohibit from some action-or proceeding; restrain by prohibitory injunction; estop; preclude.

Specifically Eccles., to cut off from communion with a church; debar from ecclesiastical functions or privileges.

Synonyms Prohibit, etc. See forbid.