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excommunication

noun
/ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/UK

Etymology

From Middle English excommunicacion, from Late Latin excommūnicātiō. By surface analysis, excommunicate + -ion. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumung.

  1. derived from excommūnicātiō
  2. inherited from excommunicacion

Definitions

  1. The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting

    The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA