excommunication

• Formeller Akt, mit dem jemand aus der Gemeinschaft der Kirche ausgeschlossen wird, insbesondere von den Sakramenten und Gottesdiensten; wird oft als religiöse Strafe verhängt.

A noun referring to the formal act of excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of a church, often used as a religious penalty.

1. Religious expulsionC1formal

   The formal act of excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church.

   Exkommunikation

   • The bishop issued a decree of excommunication against the heretic.
   • Excommunication was a severe punishment in medieval times.
   • He faced excommunication for his controversial teachings.

   Synonymeanathemabanishmentexclusionexpulsion

   Antonymeabsolutionacceptancecommunionreconciliation