禁令(きんれい)

きんれい
noun
prohibition; ban; decree forbidding something
formallegal
1. prohibition; ban; interdict; decree forbidding something
An official order or law prohibiting something. Can refer to both historical edicts and modern regulations. More formal and authoritative than simply 禁止.
禁令(きんれい)を出(だ)す。
To issue a ban.
禁令(きんれい)に違反(いはん)した者(もの)は処罰(しょばつ)された。
Those who violated the ban were punished.
江戸(えど)幕府(ばくふ)はキリスト教(きょう)に対(たい)する禁令(きんれい)を長期間(ちょうきかん)にわたって維持(いじ)した。
The Edo shogunate maintained the ban on Christianity for a long period.

Usage

A formal, authoritative word often used in historical or legal contexts. Frequently appears in discussions of historical bans and edicts, but also used for modern prohibitions.

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Synonym: 禁止(きんし) (prohibition (general))
Compare: 法令(ほうれい) (law/ordinance)
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