Excommunication (Noun)
Meaning 1
The state of being excommunicated.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The Catholic Church has been criticized for using excommunication as a means of controlling its members' behavior.
- Galileo Galilei faced excommunication for his outspoken support of the Copernican heliocentric model.
- Martin Luther was placed under excommunication by the Pope in 1521 for his critique of Catholic doctrine.
- After refusing to recant her faith, the woman was put under excommunication by the local church leaders.
- The rogue priest's open defiance of the bishop led to his public declaration of excommunication.
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Meaning 2
The 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.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.