excommunication
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excommunication
- /ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/ UK
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English excommunicacion, from Late Latin excommūnicātiō. By surface analysis, excommunicate + -ion. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumung.
noun excommunications
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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.
Similar: excommunion, disfellowshipment
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noun act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
| Español | excomunión, descomunión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 파문 pamun |
| 日本語 | 破門, 除名 jomei |
| 中文 | 逐出教會 /逐出教会 zhú chū jiàohuì, 絕罰 /绝罚 juéfá |
| Português | excomunhão |
| Français | excommunication |
| Deutsch | Exkommunikation |
| Italiano | scomunica |
| Ελληνικά | αφορισμός aforismós, απαγόρευση apagórefsi |
| Română | excomunicare, afurisenie |
| Русский | отлуче́ние otlučénije |
| العربية | حِرْمَان كَنَسِيّ ḥirmān kanasiyy |
| עברית | חרם \ חֵרֶם khérem, נידוי \ נִדּוּי nidúy |
Talk about this word "excommunication." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/excommunication. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. excommunication. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/excommunication "excommunication." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/excommunication.Cite this
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title = {excommunication},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/excommunication},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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