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excommunication

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[eks-kuh-myoo-ni-key-shuhn] / ˌɛks kəˌmyu nɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act of excommunicating.

  2. the state of being excommunicated.

  3. the ecclesiastical sentence by which a person is excommunicated.

Etymology

Origin of excommunication

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

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