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EXCOMMUNICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
excision; excommunication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("excommunication" is a kind of...):
banishment; proscription (rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone)
Derivation:
excommunicate (exclude from a church or a religious community)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being excommunicated
Synonyms:
censure; exclusion; excommunication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("excommunication" is a kind of...):
rejection (the state of being rejected)
Derivation:
excommunicate (exclude from a church or a religious community)
excommunicate (oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree)
