Intercalary
(Latin). Inserted between or amongst others. Thus, an
intercalary day is a day foisted in between two others, as the 29th
February in leap-year. (See Calends.)
“It was the custom with Greeks to add, or, as it was termed,
intercalate, a month every other year.” —Priestley: On History, xiv.
Interdict and Excommunicate. The Pope or some ecclesiastic
interdicts a kingdom, province, country, or town, but excommunicates an
individual. This sentence excludes the place or individual from
partaking in certain sacraments, public worship, and the burial
service. The most remarkable instances are:
586. The Bishop of Bayeux laid an interdict on all the churches of
Rouen, in consequence of the murder of the Bishop Prétextat.
1081. Poland was laid under an interdict by Pope Gregory VII.,
because Boleslas II. had murdered Stanislaus at the altar.
1180. Scotland was put under a similar ban by Pope Alexander III.
1200. France was interdicted by Innocent
III., because Philippe Auguste refused to marry Ingelburge, who had
been betrothed to him. 1209. England was laid under similar sentence by
Innocent III., in the reign of King John, and the interdict lasted for
six years.
In France, Robert the Pious, Philippe I., Louis VII.,
Philippe Auguste, Philippe IV., and Napoleon I., have all been
subjected to the Papal thunder. In England, Henry II. and John. Victor
Emmanuel of Italy was excommunicated by Pius IX. for despoiling the
Papacy of a large portion of its temporal dominions.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Intercalary from Infoplease:
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