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Meaning of excommunication

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

excommunication

Pronunciation:/ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/

noun

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  1. 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.