Noun: excommunication ,eks-ku,myoo-nu'key-shun
- 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
"The priest announced the excommunication of the heretic";
- excision
- The state of being excommunicated
"His excommunication from the church left him feeling isolated";
- exclusion, censure
Derived forms: excommunications
Type of: banishment, proscription, rejection
Encyclopedia: Excommunication