INTERDEPENDENCY
In`ter*de*pend"en*cy, n.
Defn: Mutual dependence; as, interdependency of interests. De
Quincey.
INTERDEPENDENT
In`ter*de*pend"ent, a.
Defn: Mutually dependent.
INTERDICT
In`ter*dict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interdicted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Interdicting.] Etym: [OE. entrediten to forbid communion, L.
interdicere, interdictum. See Interdict, n.]
1. To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations. Charged not to touch the interdicted tree. Milton.
2. (Eccl.)
Defn: To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual. An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his vicar general may do the same. Ayliffe.
INTERDICT In"ter*dict`, n. Etym: [OE. entredit, enterdit, OF. entredit, F. interdit, fr. L. interdictum, fr. interdicere to interpose, prohibit; inter between + dicere to say. See Diction.]
1. A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition. These are not fruits forbidden; no interdict Defends the touching of these viands pure. Milton.