noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
CMU ARPABET:EH2 K S K AH0 M Y UW2 N AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: excommunion
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: excision
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: banishment, proscription
3
noun
Meaning 3
the state of being excommunicated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exclusion, censure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rejection
History
Etymology
From Middle English excommunicacion, from Late Latin excommūnicātiō. By surface analysis, excommunicate + -ion. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumung.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
حِرْمَان كَنَسِيّ
(ḥirmān kanasiyy)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Armenian:
բանադրանք
(banadrankʻ)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Armenian:
նզովք
(nzovkʻ)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Belarusian:
адлучэ́нне
(adlučénnje)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Bulgarian:
отлъ́чване
(otlǎ́čvane)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Chinese Mandarin:
逐出教會 /逐出教会
(zhú chū jiàohuì)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Chinese Mandarin:
絕罰 /绝罚
(juéfá)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Czech:
exkomunikace
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Czech:
vyobcování
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Danish:
bandlysning
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Dutch:
excommunicatie
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Estonian:
ekskommunikatsioon
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Finnish:
ekskommunikaatio
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
French:
excommunication
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Galician:
excomuñón
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
German:
Exkommunikation
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Greek:
αφορισμός
(aforismós)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Greek:
απαγόρευση
(apagórefsi)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Ancient Greek:
ἀφορισμός
(aphorismós)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Hebrew:
חרם \ חֵרֶם
(khérem)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Hebrew:
נידוי \ נִדּוּי
(nidúy)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Hungarian:
kiközösítés
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Icelandic:
bannfæring
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Indonesian:
ekskomunikasi
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Irish:
coinnealbhá
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Italian:
scomunica
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Japanese:
破門
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Japanese:
除名
(jomei)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Korean:
파문
(pamun)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Latin:
excommūnicātiō
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Latin:
excommūniō
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Macedonian:
изопштување
(izopštuvanje)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Macedonian:
екскомуникација
(ekskomunikacija)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Norwegian Bokmål:
ekskommunikasjon
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Norwegian Bokmål:
bannlysing
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Norwegian Bokmål:
bannlysning
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Norwegian Nynorsk:
ekskommunikasjon
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bannlysing
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Old English:
āmǣnsumung
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Plautdietsch:
Baun
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Polish:
ekskomunika
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Portuguese:
excomunhão
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Romanian:
excomunicare
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Romanian:
afurisenie
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Russian:
отлуче́ние
(otlučénije)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Serbo-Croatian:
екскомуника́ција
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Serbo-Croatian:
изопштење
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Serbo-Croatian:
ekskomunikácija
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Serbo-Croatian:
izopštenje
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Slovak:
exkomunikácia
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Slovene:
ekskomunikacija
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Spanish:
excomunión
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Spanish:
descomunión
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Swedish:
exkommunikation
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Swedish:
bannlysning
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Tagalog:
ekskomunyon
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Turkish:
aforoz
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Uyghur:
відлу́чення
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
Yiddish:
חרם
(kheyrem)
— act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting
