excommunication

• Sustantivo que designa el acto formal por el cual una autoridad religiosa excluye a alguien de la participación en los sacramentos y servicios de la iglesia, usado frecuentemente como castigo eclesiástico.

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.

   Excomunión

   • 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.

   Sinónimosanathemabanishmentexclusionexpulsion

   Antónimosabsolutionacceptancecommunionreconciliation