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10 Language-to-English DictionariesExkommunikation
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ɛkskɔmuniˈkaːtsi̯oːn/
"Die Exkommunikation schloss ihn von der Gemeinschaft der Gläubigen aus."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An ecclesiastical censure depriving a person of the right to receive the sacraments and of communion with the faithful.
"The bishop pronounced excommunication against the rebellious monks." - 2
The formal exclusion or banishment from a group, organization, or society.
"His controversial public statements led to his eventual excommunication from the scientific academy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Medieval Latin excommunicatio, formed from the prefix ex- (out of, away from) and communicare (to communicate, to share in common), rooted in communis (common). Originally developed in ecclesiastical contexts during the late antiquity and medieval periods to denote the formal exclusion of a person from the sacraments and fellowship of the religious community.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Excommunication" is said worldwide
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excommunication
Transliteration: /ɛk.skɔ.my.ni.ka.sjɔ̃/
"L'excommunication était une peine sévère au Moyen Âge."
Exkommunikation
Transliteration: /ɛkskɔmuniˈkaːtsi̯oːn/
"Die Exkommunikation schloss ihn von der Gemeinschaft der Gläubigen aus."
scomunica
Transliteration: /skɔˈmuː.ni.ka/
"Il papa ha revocato la scomunica."
excomunión
Transliteration: /eks.ko.muˈnjon/
"La excomunión fue emitida por el tribunal eclesiástico."
excomunhão
Transliteration: /ɛʃ.ko.muˈɲɐ̃w/
"A excomunhão impedia o fiel de participar dos sacramentos."
बहिष्करण
Transliteration: bahishkaran
"चर्च द्वारा उस पर बहिष्करण की कार्रवाई की गई।"
逐出教会
Transliteration: zhú chū jiào huì
"他受到了逐出教会的惩罚。"
파문
Transliteration: pamun
"그는 교회로부터 파문을 당했습니다."
破門
Transliteration: hamon
"その皇帝は教会から破門された。"
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