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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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. — BraveSentry
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
5 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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