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See also: ex-communication
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Late Latin excommūnicātiō. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumung.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun[edit]
excommunication (countable and uncountable, plural excommunications)
- 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.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from the Late Latin excommūnicātiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
excommunication f (plural excommunications)
References[edit]
- “excommunication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading[edit]
excommunication on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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