The Only Use of
interdict
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- What Jem did was something I'd do as a matter of course had I not been under Atticus's interdict, which I assumed included not fighting horrible old ladies.
p. 118.3interdict = orders not to do some things
Definitions:
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(1)
(interdict) to stop or hamper - especially through authoritative prohibition
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Specialized senses:
Religious: an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district
Law: a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
Law enforcement: police action to prevent something such as trafficking of drugs or illegal aliens
Military: destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication