Definition of Excommunication

1. Noun. The state of being excommunicated.

Exact synonyms: Censure, Exclusion
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.
Exact synonyms: Excision
Generic synonyms: Banishment, Proscription
Derivative terms: Excommunicate

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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Lexicographical Neighbors of Excommunication

exclusivity
exclusory
excogitate
excogitated
excogitates
excogitating
excogitation
excogitations
excogitative
excogitator
excommunicable
excommunicate
excommunicated
excommunicates
excommunicating
excommunication (current term)
excommunicative
excommunicator
excommunicators
exconjugant
excoriable
excoriate
excoriate
excoriated
excoriates
excoriating
excoriation
excoriation
excoriations
excorticate

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