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Webster 1913 Edition
Excommunication
Exˊcom-muˊni-ca′tion
,Noun.
[L.
excommunicatio
: cf. F. excommunication
.] 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.
☞ excommunication is of two kinds, the lesser and the greater; the lesser excommunication is a separation or suspension from partaking of the Eucharist; the greater is an absolute execution of the offender from the church and all its rights and advantages, even from social intercourse with the faithful.
Webster 1828 Edition
Excommunication
EXCOMMUNICA'TION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
excommunication
excommunication
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English
Noun
excommunication (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
Translations
act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
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French
Etymology
From the Late Latin excommūnicātiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /εkskɔmynikasjɔ̃/
Noun
excommunication f (plural excommunications)
References
- “excommunication” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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