Excommunication

Noun CEFR C2

ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən

Definitions

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.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españoldescomunión excomunión

Françaisexcommunication

DeutschBann Exkommunikation

26 more languages

العربيةالطّرد حرم حِرْمَان كَنَسِيّ

Bosanskiekskomunikacija екскомуникација

Češtinaexkomunikace vyobcování

Danskbandlysning

Ελληνικάανάθεμα απαγόρευση αποκοπήαφορισμός

Suomiekskommunikaatio kirkonkirous pannaanjulistaminen

Galegoexcomunión excomuñón

Hrvatskiekskomunikacija екскомуникација

Հայերենբանադրանք նզովք

Bahasa Indonesiaekskomunikasi

Íslenskabannfæring

Italianoscomunica

日本語破門除名

한국어파문

Latinaanathema excommunicatio excommūniō

Македонскиекскомуникација

Nederlandsexcommunicatie

Polskiekskomunika klątwa

Portuguêsexcomunhão

Românăafurisenie excomunicare

Русскийотлучение

Slovenčinaexkomunikácia

Српскиekskomunikacija екскомуникација

Svenskabann bannlysning exkommuniceringexkommunikation

Türkçeaforoz

Українськаанафема

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
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See also

Excommunicative excommunicator excommunion exconjugant exconjugants Excoriate

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