What does excommunication mean?
Definitions for excommunication
ˌɛks kəˌmyu nɪˈkeɪ ʃənex·com·mu·ni·ca·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
excommunication, exclusion, censurenoun
the state of being excommunicated
excommunication, excisionnoun
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
Wiktionary
excommunicationnoun
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.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Excommunicationnoun
An ecclesiastical interdict; exclusion from the fellowship of the church.
Etymology: from excommunicate.
As for excommunication, it neither shutteth out from the mystical, nor clean from the visible church; but only from fellowship with the visible in holy duties. Richard Hooker, b. iii. s. 1.
ChatGPT
excommunication
Excommunication is a religious practice or penalty whereby an individual is excluded or officially banished from participation in the sacraments, worship, or other activities within a religious community. This might be due to the individual violating the norms, beliefs, or doctrines of the community. It is a form of severe ecclesiastical punishment or censure used primarily in Christianity, but also in other religions, to discipline or correct the member's actions. In certain cases, it may involve the belief that the excommunicated individual's soul is condemned to hell unless they repent and reconcile with the church.
Webster Dictionary
Excommunicationnoun
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
Etymology: [L. excommunicatio: cf. F. excommunication.]
Wikidata
Excommunication
Excommunication is a religious censure used to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it. Some groups use the term disfellowship instead. The word excommunication means putting [someone] out of communion. In some religions, excommunication includes spiritual condemnation of the member or group. Excommunication may involve banishment, shunning, and shaming, depending on the religion, the offense that caused excommunication, or the rules or norms of the religious community.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Excommunication
an ecclesiastical punishment inflicted upon heretics and offenders against the Church laws and violators of the moral code; was formulated in the Christian Church in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. It varied in severity according to the degree of transgression, but in its severest application involved exclusion from the Eucharist, Christian burial, and the rights and privileges of the Church; formerly it had the support of the civil authority, but is now a purely spiritual penalty.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of excommunication in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of excommunication in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of excommunication in a Sentence
I would feel terribly conflicted, and I would try even harder to get that person outside confessional, but I cannot break the seal, the penalty for any priest breaking the seal is excommunication.
I wanted to make up for not being there for (my brother) and be there for this woman who was trying to protect people like him in the church, excommunication needs to done away with. I think it’s an abusive practice ... and it’s a tool the church uses to silence people.
It's hard for me to imagine an outcome other than excommunication.
One of the ironies, as some have observed, is that the secular project has itself become a religion, pursued with religious fervor. It is taking on all the trappings of a religion – including inquisitions and excommunication. Those who defy the creed risk a figurative burning at the stake – social, educational, and professional ostracism and exclusion waged through lawsuits and savage social media campaigns.
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- отлъчване от църкватаBulgarian
- exkomunikaceCzech
- ExkommunikationGerman
- απαγόρευση, αφορισμόςGreek
- excomuniónSpanish
- ekskommunikatsioonEstonian
- excommunicationFrench
- חרם, נידויHebrew
- bannfæringIcelandic
- scomunicaItalian
- 破門, 除名Japanese
- 파문Korean
- in excommunicationem, excommunicatio, excommunioLatin
- excommunicatieDutch
- ekskommunikasjonNorwegian
- ekskomunikaPolish
- excomunhãoPortuguese
- отлучениеRussian
- ekskomunikácijaSerbo-Croatian
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