Associations to the word «Excommunication»
Noun
- Censure
- Legate
- Schism
- Heretic
- Penance
- Eucharist
- Pope
- Heresy
- Sacrament
- Pius
- Communion
- Papacy
- Consecration
- Boniface
- Patriarch
- Decree
- Penalty
- Canon
- Vatican
- Synod
- Sentence
- Lds
- Deposition
- Condemnation
- Cleric
- Venetian
- Faithful
- Clergy
- Abortion
- Inquisition
- Edict
- Bull
- Clement
- Ordination
- Confessor
- Constantinople
- Benedict
- Luther
- Archbishop
- Bishop
- Xxii
- Crusade
- Layman
- Ban
- Gregory
- Culprit
- Repentance
- Liturgy
- Catholic
- Mennonite
- Expulsion
- Punishment
- Prelate
- Obedience
- Solemnity
- Williamson
- Reconciliation
- Ix
- Sanction
- Exclusion
- Hidalgo
- Xvi
- Congregation
- Abbess
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
EXCOMMUNICATION, noun. The act of excommunicating 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.
Dictionary definition
EXCOMMUNICATION, noun. The state of being excommunicated.
EXCOMMUNICATION, 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.
Wise words
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