Definition of excommunication in English:
excommunication
noun ˌɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌɛkskəˌmjunəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounThe action of officially excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church.
he appealed against the papal sentence of excommunication
Example sentencesExamples
- Luther was ordered to recant on the threat of excommunication.
- Finally, in 1258 a bungled deal with the Papacy threatened Henry with excommunication.
- Catholics are forbidden to join the Freemasons under pain of excommunication.
- Dishonest members are to be admonished; if they continue in dishonest practices, excommunication follows.
- Michelangelo risked excommunication to secretly study anatomy in a morgue.
- There is a By-law which forbids Members to practice hypnotism; the penalty is excommunication.
- The threat of excommunication hangs over anyone tempted to break the vow of silence.
- The cardinals on Tuesday filed into the chapel, chanting a Latin hymn to ask for divine guidance and swearing a solemn oath never to reveal the secrets of their deliberations on pain of excommunication.
- If he continued to resist the church's demands, church officials would be forced to consider a range of sanctions, the most serious of which would be excommunication.
- Philip was unwilling to face excommunication, for that could easily give his enemies within France the excuse they needed to foment open rebellion.
Definition of excommunication in US English:
excommunication
nounˌɛkskəˌmjunəˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌekskəˌmyo͞onəˈkāSH(ə)n
The action of officially excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church.
he appealed against the papal sentence of excommunication
Example sentencesExamples
- Catholics are forbidden to join the Freemasons under pain of excommunication.
- Dishonest members are to be admonished; if they continue in dishonest practices, excommunication follows.
- There is a By-law which forbids Members to practice hypnotism; the penalty is excommunication.
- Michelangelo risked excommunication to secretly study anatomy in a morgue.
- The cardinals on Tuesday filed into the chapel, chanting a Latin hymn to ask for divine guidance and swearing a solemn oath never to reveal the secrets of their deliberations on pain of excommunication.
- Luther was ordered to recant on the threat of excommunication.
- Philip was unwilling to face excommunication, for that could easily give his enemies within France the excuse they needed to foment open rebellion.
- If he continued to resist the church's demands, church officials would be forced to consider a range of sanctions, the most serious of which would be excommunication.
- Finally, in 1258 a bungled deal with the Papacy threatened Henry with excommunication.
- The threat of excommunication hangs over anyone tempted to break the vow of silence.