excommunication

English

Etymology

From Middle English excommunicacion, from Late Latin excommūnicātiō.[1] By surface analysis, excommunicate +‎ -ion. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumung.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

excommunication (countable and uncountable, plural excommunications)

  1. 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.
    Synonym: (obsolete) excommunion

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References

  1. ^ excommunication, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from the Late Latin excommūnicātiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛk.skɔ.my.ni.ka.sjɔ̃/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

excommunication f (plural excommunications)

  1. excommunication

References

Further reading

excommunication on Wikipedia.Wikipedia