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noun
1.
the act of excommunicating.
2.
the state of being excommunicated.
3.
the ecclesiastical sentence by which a person is excommunicated.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin excommūnicātiōn- (stem of excommūnicātiō). See excommunicate, -ion
1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin excommūnicātiōn- (stem of excommūnicātiō). See excommunicate, -ion
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Excommunication
has a plethora of syllables.
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Example Sentences
- Even people convicted of murder rarely receive formal decrees of excommunication.
- Anyone caught violating a ban risks excommunication.
- Lily can neither face the decision to marry a bourgeois nor can she bear excommunication from the only world she knows.
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World English Dictionary
| excommunicate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to sentence (a member of the Church) to exclusion from the communion of believers and from the privileges and public prayers of the Church |
| —adj | |
| 2. | having incurred such a sentence |
| —n | |
| 3. | an excommunicated person |
| [C15: from Late Latin excommūnicāre, literally: to exclude from the community, from Latin commūnis | |
| excom'municable | |
| —adj | |
| excommuni'cation | |
| —n | |
| excom'municative | |
| —adj | |
| excom'municatory | |
| —adj | |
| excom'municator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
excommunication
late 15c., from L.L. excommunicatus, pp. of excommunicare, in Church L. "to expel from communion," lit. "put out of the community," from ex- "out" + communis "common" (see common).
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