Excommunication, anathematization. Also: an anathema.

Excommunication; curse, damnation.

The formal pronunciation of an ecclesiastical curse or anathema; excommunication.

Cursing.

A curse; the utterance of a curse; the condition of being under a ban or curse.

An act or the action of sequestering, banishment, exile; esp. Ecclesiastical, a cutting off from the privileges of Church-membership, excommunication.

Denunciation of punishment or vengeance, esp. threatening of Divine punishment or vengeance.

excommunication.

= excommunication, n.

Formal pronouncement of an (originally pontifical or ecclesiastical) condemnation or censure; an instance of this. Hence: a violent denunciation…

Ecclesiastical. The action of excluding an offending Christian from the communion of the Church; the state or fact of being so excluded. Also in…

Roman Catholic Church. The first formal warning given to a person before excommunication; (occasionally) the process of giving such a warning. Also…

The action of pronouncing an anathema, or of cursing, denouncing, or condemning someone or something. Also: an instance of this.

The action of pronouncing an anathema, or of cursing, denouncing, or condemning someone or something. Also: an instance of this.

In the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches: a formal curse excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine, etc.; the formal act or formula of…

An anathema; a curse; a denunciation or condemnation. Now rare.

In the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches: a person or thing cursed by ecclesiastical authority and excommunicated or assigned to damnation; = ana…

The action or an act of anathematizing someone or something; cursing, denunciation, condemnation.

= excommunication, n. (Frequent in Milton.)

The action of dischurch, v.; an instance of this.

The action of cutting off (a person) from a religious society; excommunication.

The action of the verb, in various senses.

Dedication to destruction; anathematization. Obsolete. Cf. consecrate, v. 7.