excommunication

CEFRC2

/ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    Officially removing someone from membership in a church.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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.

Examples

  • Although communication and excommunication sound similar, they have absolutely nothing to do with one other.

  • Tom had to recant or face excommunication.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
1

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English excommunicacion, from Late Latin excommūnicātiō. By surface analysis, excommunicate + -ion. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumung.