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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Excommunication \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: excommunication n 1: the state of being excommunicated [syn: {exclusion}, {censure}] 2: the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: EXCOMMUNICATION, n. This excommunication" is a word In speech ecclesiastical oft heard, And means the damning, with bell, book and candle, Some sinner whose opinions are a scandal -- A rite permitting Satan to enslave him Forever, and forbidding Christ to save him Gat Huckle
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