excommunication
/ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/
excommunication noun: 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.
Noun
excommunication (countable and uncountable, plural excommunications)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- excommunion, disfellowshipment
excommunication meaning in Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
excommunication in Bengali
- গির্জা থেকে বহিষ্কার
excommunication in Telugu
- excommunication
- వెలి veli
excommunication in Malayalam
- excommunication
- മഹറോന് mahaṟōṉ
excommunication in Kannada
- ಬಹಿಷ್ಕಾರ, ಬಹಿಷ್ಕರಣ, ಜಾತಿ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟನನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡುವುದು
More languagesFewer languages
- excommunication in Tagalog
- ekskomunyon
- excommunication in Arabic
- حِرْمَان كَنَسِيّ ḥirmān kanasiyy
- excommunication in Indonesian
- ekskomunikasi
Synonyms of excommunication
Forms of excommunication
| plural | excommunications |
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Origin of excommunication
From Middle English excommunicacion, from Late Latin excommūnicātiō. By surface analysis, excommunicate + -ion. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumung.
Words formed from excommunication
Words that rhyme with excommunication
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about excommunication
- What does excommunication mean?
- Excommunication means 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.
- What is excommunication in Bengali?
- Excommunication in Bengali is গির্জা থেকে বহিষ্কার. See Excommunication meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is excommunication?
- Excommunication is a noun.
- How do you pronounce excommunication?
- Excommunication is pronounced /ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of excommunication?
- The plural of excommunication is excommunications.
Words near excommunication in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: excommunication (page history and authors); excommunication (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); వెలి (Telugu) (page history and authors); മഹറോന് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); excommunication (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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