excommunication

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the state of being excommunicated
  2. noun the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

exclusion, censure

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