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excommunication

ex·com·mu·nication

UK/ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/ US/ˌɛkskʌˌmjunʌˈkeɪʃʌn/ rare

noun

1.

the state of being excommunicated

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2.

the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church; cutting a person off from a religious society

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Origin

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

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