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ex⋅com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅tion

  [eks-kuh-myoo-ni-key-shuhn]
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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 ME < LL excommūnicātiōn- (s. of excommūnicātiō). See excommunicate, -ion
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ex·com·mu·ni·ca·tion   (ěks'kə-myōō'nĭ-kā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of excommunicating.

  2. The state of being excommunicated.

  3. A formal ecclesiastical censure that deprives a person of the right to belong to a church.

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excommunication 
1494, 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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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