excommunication

• Nom désignant l'acte formel d'exclure quelqu'un de la participation aux sacrements et aux offices de l'Église, souvent utilisé comme peine religieuse.

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.

   Excommunication religieuse

   • 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.

   Synonymesanathemabanishmentexclusionexpulsion

   Antonymesabsolutionacceptancecommunionreconciliation