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Definition of Excommunication
1. Noun. The state of being excommunicated.
Exact synonyms: Censure, Exclusion
Generic synonyms: Rejection
Derivative terms: Excommunicate, Excommunicate
Generic synonyms: Rejection
Derivative terms: Excommunicate, Excommunicate
2. Noun. 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.
Definition of Excommunication
1. n. 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.
Definition of Excommunication
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