Definitions for excommunication

excommunication ex·com·mu·ni·ca·tion

Spelling: [eks-kuh-myoo-ni-key-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌɛks kəˌmyu nɪˈkeɪ ʃən/

Excommunication is a 15 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 30 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 37 points.

You can make 1025 anagrams from letters in excommunication (acceiimmnnootux).

Definitions for excommunication

noun

  1. the act of excommunicating.
  2. the state of being excommunicated.
  3. the ecclesiastical sentence by which a person is excommunicated.

Origin of excommunication

1425-75; late Middle English Late Latin excommūnicātiōn- (stem of excommūnicātiō). See excommunicate, -ion

Examples for excommunication

But the threat of something as severe as excommunication was completely unexpected to her.

The church was not happy with his views, and there was talk of excommunication.

Dehlin believed the decision to threaten him and Kelly with excommunication came from high within the LDS Church.

They settled down in the valley of Honnef, and no excommunication has driven them from there.

He has placed your city of Coimbra under a ban of excommunication.

Will the Ultramontanes admit the nullity of the excommunication?

We cannot maintain that all those who die in a state of excommunication, are incorruptible.

The dead man replied that it was because he had died in a state of excommunication.

Following the news of her excommunication, Kelly has stood by her words.

Dehlin was similarly blindsided by the threat of excommunication.

Word Value for excommunication
Scrable

30

Words with friends

37

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