About The Word Excommunication
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Excommunication
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What's The Definition Of Excommunication?
[n] the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church; cutting a person off from a religious society
[n] the state of being excommunicated Synonyms | Synonyms for Excommunication: censure | excision | exclusion Related Terms | Find terms related to Excommunication: See Also | banishment | proscription | rejection Excommunication In Webster's Dictionary \Ex`com*mu`ni*ca"tion\, n. [L. excommunicatio:
cf. F. excommunication.]
The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., 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.
Note: excommunication is of two kinds, the lesser and the
greater; the lesser excommunication is a separation or
suspension from partaking of the Eucharist; the greater
is an absolute execution of the offender from the
church and all its rights and advantages, even from
social intercourse with the faithful.
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