English dictionary

excommunication

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

the state of being excommunicated

noun.state

Synonyms censure exclusion

Source: WordNet 3.0
the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society

noun.act

Synonyms excision

Source: WordNet 3.0
The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., 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.

noun

Source: webster1913