excommunication

/'ekskə,mju:ni'keiʃn/
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excommunication

The priest announced the excommunication of the parishioner.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • The formal act of expelling someone from a religious community, specifically from the sacraments and fellowship of a church: "Excommunication" refers to the official ecclesiastical censure that excludes a person from participating in the communion of the church and its rites.
    • The state of being so expelled: "Excommunication" also describes the condition or status of a person who has been cut off from a religious society.
Usage and Examples
  • Noun:
    • The bishop pronounced the excommunication of the heretic. (The bishop formally declared the heretic to be expelled from the church.)
    • He lived in excommunication for many years before seeking reconciliation. (He lived in a state of being excluded from the church for many years.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Major excommunication": A severe form that excludes a person from all sacraments and church community life.
    • The crime of apostasy traditionally warranted major excommunication.
  • "Minor excommunication": A lesser form, often involving exclusion from receiving the Eucharist but not from the community.
    • The penitent was under minor excommunication until completing the prescribed acts of contrition.
Variants and Related Words
  • Excommunicate (verb): To officially exclude someone from the sacraments and fellowship of a church.
    • The council voted to excommunicate the schismatic leader.
  • Excommunicant (noun): A person who has been excommunicated.
    • The excommunicant was barred from entering the cathedral.
Synonyms
  • Expulsion: The act of forcing someone to leave a place or organization.
  • Ostracism: Exclusion from a society or group.
  • Anathematization: The formal act of pronouncing a curse or excommunication.
Related Phrases and Idioms
  • "To be under the ban of excommunication": To be officially subjected to this censure.
    • Any who followed the condemned doctrine were under the ban of excommunication.
  • "Lift/remove the excommunication": To formally revoke the censure.
    • The Pope agreed to lift the excommunication after a public recantation.
excommunication

The priest announced the excommunication of the parishioner.

Noun
  1. 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
  2. the state of being excommunicated

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