excommunication
41excommunication — The withdrawing of the sacraments for grave offences. It is part of Catholic discipline and looks for NT sanction to words of Jesus reported in Matt. 18:17 and to Paul s injunction in 1 Cor. 5:2. There was a similar rule for the community at… …
42excommunication — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. expulsion, dismissal, suspension; see damnation , removal 1 …
43excommunication — ex·com·mu·ni·ca·tion || ekskə‚mjuËnɪ keɪʃn n. exclusion from the rites of the church, banishment, expulsion …
44Excommunication — Exclusion from the body of the Church imposed by the ecclesiastical authorities …
45excommunication — n. Dismission or expulsion (from the Church), denunciation, proscription, anathema, ban …
46excommunication — n unchurching, expulsion, ejection, ouster, exclusion. See exclusion{defs.2, 3) …
47excommunication — ex·com·mu·ni·ca·tion …
48excommunication — See: excommunicate …
49excommunication — Отлучение от церкви …
50excommunication — ex•com•mu•ni•ca•tion [[t]ˌɛks kəˌmyu nɪˈkeɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) rel the act of excommunicating 2) rel the state of being excommunicated 3) rel the sentence by which a person is excommunicated • Etymology: 1425–75; < LL …