The state of being excommunicated.
synonyms: censure, exclusion.
Roget 893:
seclusion,
privacy;
retirement;
reclusion,
recess;
snugness
etc.
adj.;
delitescence†;
rustication,
rus in urbe [Lat.];
solitude;
solitariness
etc.
(singleness)
87;
isolation;
loneliness
etc.
adj.;
estrangement from the world,
voluntary exile;
aloofness.
cell,
hermitage;
convent
etc.
1000;
sanctum sanctorum [Lat.].
depopulation,
desertion,
desolation;
wilderness
etc.
(unproductive)
169;
howling wilderness;
rotten borough,
Old Sarum.
exclusion,
excommunication,
banishment,
exile,
ostracism,
proscription;
cut,
cut direct;
dead cut.
inhospitality†,
inhospitableness
etc.
adj.;
dissociability†;
domesticity,
Darby and Joan.
recluse,
hermit,
eremite,
cenobite;
anchoret†,
anchorite;
Simon Stylites†;
troglodyte,
Timon of Athens†,
Santon†,
solitaire,
ruralist†,
disciple of Zimmermann,
closet cynic,
Diogenes;
outcast,
Pariah,
castaway,
pilgarlic†;
wastrel,
foundling,
wilding†.
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Roget 908:
malediction,
malison†,
curse,
imprecation,
denunciation,
execration,
anathema,
ban,
proscription,
excommunication,
commination†,
thunders of the Vatican,
fulmination,
maranatha†;
aspersion,
disparagement,
vilification,
vituperation.
abuse;
foul language,
bad language,
strong language,
unparliamentary language;
billingsgate,
sauce,
evil speaking;
cursing
etc.
v.;
profane swearing,
oath;
foul invective,
ribaldry,
rude reproach,
scurrility.
threat
etc.
909;
more bark than bite;
invective
etc.
(disapprobation)
932.
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Roget 998:
rite;
ceremony,
ritual,
liturgy,
ceremonial;
ordinance,
observance,
function,
duty;
form,
formulary;
solemnity,
sacrament;
incantation
etc.
(spell)
993;
service,
psalmody
etc.
(worship)
990.
ministration;
preaching,
preachment;
predication,
sermon,
homily,
lecture,
discourse,
pastoral.
[Christian ritual for induction into the faith]
baptism,
christening,
chrism;
circumcision;
baptismal regeneration;
font.
confirmation;
imposition of hands,
laying on of hands;
ordination
etc.
(churchdom)
995;
excommunication.
[Jewish rituals]
Bar Mitzvah,
Bas Mitzvah [Fr.],
Bris.
Eucharist,
Lord's supper,
communion;
the sacrament,
the holy sacrament;
celebration,
high celebration;
missa cantata [Lat.];
asperges†;
offertory;
introit;
consecration;
consubstantiation,
transubstantiation;
real presence;
elements;
mass;
high mass,
low mass,
dry mass.
matrimony
etc.
903;
burial
etc.
363;
visitation of the sick.
seven sacraments,
impanation†,
subpanation†,
extreme unction,
viaticum,
invocation of saints,
canonization,
transfiguration,
auricular confession;
maceration,
flagellation,
sackcloth and ashes;
penance
etc.
(atonement)
952;
telling of beads,
processional;
thurification†,
incense,
holy water,
aspersion.
relics,
rosary,
beads,
reliquary,
host,
cross,
rood,
crucifix,
pax [Lat.],
pyx,
agnus Dei [Lat.],
censer,
thurible,
patera†;
eileton†,
Holy Grail;
prayer machine,
prayer wheel;
Sangraal†,
urceus†.
ritualism,
ceremonialism;
sabbatism†,
sabbatarianism†;
ritualist,
sabbatarian†.
holyday,
feast,
fast.
[Christian holy days]
Sabbath,
Pentecost;
Advent,
Christmas,
Epiphany;
Lent;
Passion week,
Holy week;
Easter,
Easter Sunday,
Whitsuntide;
agape,
Ascension Day,
Candlemas†,
Ash Wednesday,
Good Friday,
Holy Thursday;
Lammas,
Martinmas,
Michaelmas;
All SAint's DAy,
All Souls' Day.
[Moslem holy days]
Ramadan,
Ramazan;
Bairam
&c..
etc.
[Jewish holy days]
Passover;
Shabuoth;
Yom Kippur,
Day of Atonement;
Rosh Hashana,
New Year;
Hanukkah,
Chanukkah,
Feast of Lights;
Purim,
Feast of lots.
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Dutch: excommunicatie
The act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society.
synonym: excision.
Dutch: excommunicatie, banvonnis
Polish: ekskomunika