excommunication

Definitions of excommunication
  1. noun
    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
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    type of:
    bannissement, exil
    rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
  2. noun
    the act of forcing out someone or something
    synonyms: bannissement, expulsion, mise à l'Index, proscription
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    expulsion
    the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
    type of:
    bannissement, exil
    rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
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