interdict
part of speech
noun
meaning for a pupil
An official order that forbids something. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Daniel it is the king's decree forbidding anyone to pray to anyone but the king for thirty days. Interpretation: Tradition tells how Daniel kept praying to God despite the decree and was thrown into the lions' den, as an example of faithfulness under threat.
examples
- Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict. (Writings DAN.6.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.' (Writings DAN.6.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then these men came tumultuously unto the king, and said unto the king: 'Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.' (Writings DAN.6.16, JPS 1917) tree →
note
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In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «interdict» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.