noun
excommunication
ehks-kuhm-yoo-nih-KAY-shuhn
noun
1
The formal act of expelling someone from membership in a church, especially the Catholic church.
"His excommunication followed years of public disagreement with church leaders."
How to Use Excommunication
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishBeing formally cast out of a church.
Word Forms
excommunications plural
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Etymology
From Late Latin excommunicatio, from excommunicare, "to put outside the community."