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# interdict

noun

«interdict» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In 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.

### Meaning

An official order that forbids something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interdict/#m1)

### Examples

- Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict. (Writings DAN.6.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interdict/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interdict/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interdict/#x3)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «interdict» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/interdict/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«interdict» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/interdict.html) on Mova free.