Synonyms:
excommunication, excision
Meaning: 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
Synonyms:
excommunication, exclusion, censure
Meaning: the state of being excommunicated
Usage examples
So many robberies were committed in this way, that the magistrates of the town and the ecclesiastical authorities forbad the inhabitants from visiting the Egyptians' camp, or from having any intercourse with them, under penalty of excommunication and of a fine of fifty livres.