Home > Synonyms > Synonyms for excommunication

Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word



Synonyms for excommunication

Grammar : Noun
Spell : eks-kuh-myoo-ni-key-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛks kəˌmyu nɪˈkeɪ ʃən


Définition of excommunication

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Late Latin excommunicationem (nominative excommunicatio), from past participle stem of excommunicare "put out of the community," in Church Latin "to expel from communion," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + communicare, from communis "common" (see common).
  • noun expulsion
Example sentences :
  • Will the Ultramontanes admit the nullity of the excommunication?
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • We cannot maintain that all those who die in a state of excommunication, are incorruptible.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
  • The dead man replied that it was because he had died in a state of excommunication.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
  • He has placed your city of Coimbra under a ban of excommunication.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
  • They settled down in the valley of Honnef, and no excommunication has driven them from there.
  • Extract from : « Legends of the Rhine » by Wilhelm Ruland
  • So, on the 11th of July, the sentence of the greater (p. 303) excommunication was drawn up.
  • Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard
  • They brought the spreading Plague and the Excommunication of Savonarola.
  • Extract from : « Romola » by George Eliot
  • He threatened the King with excommunication, and of course that frightened him.
  • Extract from : « Earl Hubert's Daughter » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • The Bishop of Beauvais then pronounced her sentence of excommunication.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Rouen » by Sir Theodore Andrea Cook
  • We have presumed to separate men from the love of God by excommunication.
  • Extract from : « Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati » by Warren C. Herrick

Words or expressions associated with your search

Most wanted synonyms

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019