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View synonyms for excommunication

excommunication

[ eks-kuh-myoo-ni-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of excommunicating.
  2. the state of being excommunicated.
  3. the ecclesiastical sentence by which a person is excommunicated.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of excommunication1

1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin excommūnicātiōn- (stem of excommūnicātiō ). See excommunicate, -ion

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