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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•com•mu•ni•ca•tion (eks′kə myo̅o̅′ni kā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - Religionthe act of excommunicating.
- Religionthe state of being excommunicated.
- Religionthe ecclesiastical sentence by which a person is excommunicated.
- Late Latin excommūnicātiōn- (stem of excommūnicātiō). See excommunicate, -ion
- late Middle English 1425–75
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•com•mu•ni•cate /ˌɛkskəˈmyunɪˌkeɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -cat•ed, -cat•ing. - Religionto cut off from the rites of a church.
ex•com•mu•ni•ca•tion /ˌɛkskəˌmyunɪˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable* uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•com•mu•ni•cate (v. eks′kə myo̅o̅′ni kāt′;n., adj. eks′kə myo̅o̅′ni kit, -kāt′),USA pronunciation v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing, n., adj. v.t. - Religionto cut off from communion with a church or exclude from the sacraments of a church by ecclesiastical sentence.
- Religionto exclude or expel from membership or participation in any group, association, etc.:an advertiser excommunicated from a newspaper.
n. - Religionan excommunicated person.
adj. - Religioncut off from communion with a church;
excommunicated.
- Late Latin excommūnicātus literally, put out of the community (past participle of excommūnicāre), equivalent. to ex- ex-1 + commūn(is) common, public + -ic- (by analogy with commūnicāre to communicate) + -ātus -ate1
- late Middle English excommunicaten (verb, verbal) 1375–1425
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