Interdictive

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the power to prohibit. not-comparable

    "interdictive measures"

Example

More examples

"[A]gainſt a perſiſting ſtubbornes, or the fear of a reprobate ſenſe, [will be requir'd] a timely ſeparation from the Flock by that interdictive Sentence, leſt his Converſation unprohibited, or unbranded, might breath a peſtilential murrein into the other Sheepe."

Etymology

From interdict + -ive.

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