excommunication
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ex·com·mu·ni·ca·tion
(ĕks′kə-myo͞o′nĭ-kā′shən)n.
1. The act of excommunicating.
2. The state of being excommunicated.
3. A formal ecclesiastical censure that deprives a person of the right to belong to a church.
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ex•com•mu•ni•ca•tion
(ˌɛks kəˌmyu nɪˈkeɪ ʃən)n.
1. the act of excommunicating.
2. the state of being excommunicated.
3. the sentence by which a person is excommunicated.
[1425–75; < Late Latin]
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| Noun | 1. |  excommunication - the state of being excommunicated rejection - the state of being rejected |
| 2. | excommunication - 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 banishment, proscription - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone |
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ekskomunikacija
ekskomunika
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excommunication
n → Exkommunikation f
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