proscription

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle English proscripcion, from Latin prōscrīptiō, from prōscrībō (originally "publish in writing"), from prō- and scrībō (“write”).

The stigma lies in the proscription put upon Protestant worship. — Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber : $b or, The influence of Romanism on trade, justice, and knowledge, J. A. (James Aitken) Wylie
May not their hospitality to us have brought them under proscription? — The Rifle Rangers, Mayne Reid
Charles Evrémonde, called Darnay, in right of such proscription, absolutely Dead in Law. — A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens

prohibition, ban

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