Meanings
plural excommunications
- countableuncountableThe act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially 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.
Synonyms: excommunion, disfellowshipment
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinexcommūnicātiō
- Middle Englishexcommunicacion
- Englishexcommunication
From Middle English excommunicacion, from Late Latin excommūnicātiō. By surface analysis, excommunicate + -ion. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumung.
More words from Middle English, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀφορισμός
- ἀφορισμός (aphorismós)act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Arabic حِرْمَان كَنَسِيّ
- حِرْمَان كَنَسِيّ (ḥirmān kanasiyy)act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Bulgarian отлъ́чване
- отлъ́чване (otlắčvane)act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Chinese Mandarin 逐出教會 /逐出教会, 絕罰 /绝罚
- 逐出教會 /逐出教会 (zhú chū jiàohuì)act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
- 絕罰 /绝罚 (juéfá)act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Czech exkomunikace, vyobcování
- exkomunikaceact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
- vyobcováníact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Danish bandlysning
- bandlysningact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Dutch excommunicatie
- excommunicatieact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Estonian ekskommunikatsioon
- ekskommunikatsioonact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Finnish ekskommunikaatio
- ekskommunikaatioact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
French excommunication
- excommunicationact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
German Exkommunikation
- Exkommunikationact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Greek αφορισμός, απαγόρευση
- αφορισμός (aforismós)act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
- απαγόρευση (apagórefsi)act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Hebrew חרם \ חֵרֶם, נידוי \ נִדּוּי
- חרם \ חֵרֶם (khérem)act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
- נידוי \ נִדּוּי (nidúy)act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Hungarian kiközösítés
- kiközösítésact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Icelandic bannfæring
- bannfæringact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Indonesian ekskomunikasi
- ekskomunikasiact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Irish coinnealbhá
- coinnealbháact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Italian scomunica
- scomunicaact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Japanese 破門, 除名
- 破門act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
- 除名 (jomei)act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Korean 파문
- 파문 (pamun)act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Latin excommūnicātiō, excommūniō
- excommūnicātiōact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
- excommūniōact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Norwegian Bokmål ekskommunikasjon, bannlysing
- ekskommunikasjonact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
- bannlysingact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
- bannlysningact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Polish ekskomunika
- ekskomunikaact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Portuguese excomunhão
- excomunhãoact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Romanian excomunicare, afurisenie
- excomunicareact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
- afurisenieact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Russian отлуче́ние
- отлуче́ние (otlučénije)act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Slovak exkomunikácia
- exkomunikáciaact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Spanish excomunión, descomunión
- excomuniónact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
- descomuniónact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Swedish exkommunikation, bannlysning
- exkommunikationact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
- bannlysningact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Tagalog ekskomunyon
- ekskomunyonact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Turkish aforoz
- aforozact of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Yiddish חרם
- חרם (kheyrem)act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with excommunication
Cite this entry
excommunication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excommunication
“excommunication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excommunication. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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