excommunication
The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejectingThe 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.
» Tom had to recant or face excommunication.
Tom musste widerrufen, oder ihm drohte die Exkommunikation.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Exkommunikation
отлуче́ниеotlučénije
- 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
- the state of being excommunicated
Examples
2 sentencesTom had to recant or face excommunication.
deTom musste widerrufen, oder ihm drohte die Exkommunikation.
Although communication and excommunication sound similar, they have absolutely nothing to do with one other.
deKommunikation und Exkommunikation klingen zwar sehr ähnlich, haben aber überhaupt nichts miteinander zu tun.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English excommunicacion, from Late Latin excommūnicātiō. By surface analysis,From Middle English excommunicacion, from Late Latin excommūnicātiō. By surface analysis, excommunicate + -ion. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumung.
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Forms
plural: excommunications| Singular | excommunication |
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Synonyms
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2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable