单词 | excommunion |
释义 | excommunion in British English (ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnjən) noun an obsolete term for excommunication excommunicate in British English Roman Catholic Church verb (ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt) 1. (transitive) to sentence (a member of the Church) to exclusion from the communion of believers and from the privileges and public prayers of the Church adjective (ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkɪt, -ˌkeɪt) 2. having incurred such a sentence noun (ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkɪt, -ˌkeɪt) 3. an excommunicated person Derived forms excommunicable (ˌexcomˈmunicable) adjective excommunication (ˌexcomˌmuniˈcation) noun excommunicative (ˌexcomˈmunicative) or excommunicatory (ˌexcomˈmunicatory) adjective excommunicator (ˌexcomˈmunicator) noun Word origin C15: from Late Latin excommūnicāre, literally: to exclude from the community, from Latin commūnis common |
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