excommunication
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See also: ex-communication
English
Etymology
From the Late Latin excommūnicātiō. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumung.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
excommunication (countable and uncountable, plural excommunications)
- The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially 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.
- Synonym: (obsolete) excommunion
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from the Late Latin excommūnicātiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
excommunication f (plural excommunications)
References
- “excommunication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Further reading
excommunication on Wikipedia.Wikipedia