interdict

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Yes, the paper was booming right along, for the Interdict made no impression, got no grip, while the war lasted.

From A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 9. by Twain, Mark

Furthermore, he issued a "Bull," which began: "Iniquitatis filius et perditionis alumnus," and ended by anathema of Lorenzo, whereby he was excommunicated, and all Florence placed under an Interdict!

From The Tragedies of the Medici by Staley, Edgcumbe

When King John in England violated the rights of his people, Innocent put the country under an Interdict, released John's subjects from their allegiance and promptly brought the shifty Plantagenet to terms.

From Education: How Old The New by Walsh, James J.

This prelate, after finding remonstrance vain, has retorted by placing Condillac under an Interdict, depriving all within it of the benefit of clergy.

From Saint Martin's Summer by Sabatini, Rafael

So Samson was laid by his sorrowing monks in the bosom of mother earth "in pratello," where he remained until after the Interdict was removed in July, 1214.

From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de