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Definitions: Excommunication |
ExcommunicationNoun1. The state of being excommunicated. 2. The act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "excommunication" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Excommunication \Ex`com*mu`ni*ca"tion\, noun. [Latin expression excommunicatio: compare to the French expression excommunication.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Satire | EXCOMMUNICATION, n. This "excommunication" is a word In speech ecclesiastical oft heard, And means the damning, with bell, book and candle, Some sinner whose opinions are a scandal -- A rite permitting Satan to enslave him Forever, and forbidding Christ to save him. Gat Huckle. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ExcommunicationSynonyms: censure (n), exclusion (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Malediction | Noun: malediction, malison, curse, imprecation, denunciation, execration, anathema, ban, proscription, excommunication, commination, thunders of the Vatican, fulmination, maranatha; aspersion, disparagement, vilification, vituperation. |
Rite | Confirmation; imposition of hands, laying on of hands; ordination; (churchdom); excommunication. |
Seclusion Exclusion | Exclusion, excommunication, banishment, exile, ostracism, proscription; cut, cut direct; dead cut. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Excommunication |
| English words defined with "excommunication": anathema ♦ Canonical punishments ♦ Excommunicable, Excommunication by inch of candle, Excommunion ♦ Reaggravation. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "excommunication": Alfonso XI ♦ Bell, Book, and Candle ♦ Dogmatic Facts ♦ Excommunication. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "excommunication": Excommunion. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Excommunication" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (excommunicate, excommunication). |
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Georg C. Lichtenberg | With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed. |
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Women | India | During the year, the highest Sikh religious authority issued a decree that female infanticide was a sin and would result in excommunication. (references) |
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| "Excommunication" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Excommunication" is used about 78 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 78 | 37,656 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "excommunication": Excommunication by inch of candle ♦ papal bull of excommunication. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
excommunication | 16 |
excommunication mormon | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "excommunication"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shkishërim (anathema, curse, excommunicate), përjashtim (disqualification, elimination, exception, exclusion, expulsion, immunity, ouster, reserve), dëbim (banishment, deportation, eviction, excision, exclusion, exile, expulsion, proscription, relegation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حرمان (confiscation, deprivation, privation), عزل (cut off, depose, deposition, disengage, displacement, excommunicate, gaol, insulate, isolate, isolation, jail, recall, relegate, seclude, segregate, segregation, sequester, taboo), الحرم الكنسى. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отлъчване от църквата. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | exkomunikace, vylouèení (disqualification, elimination, exclusion, expulsion, preclusion, shutout, suspension). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | excommunicatie (anathema, ban), banvloek (anathema, ban), ban (anathema, ban, spell, territory), anathema (anathema, ban). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | ekskomuniko (anathema, ban), anatemo (anathema, ban). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | bannseting (anathema, ban). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | panna (ban, cause, get, lay, lay down, make, place, put, put down, set), kirkonkirous (ban). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | excommunication (excommunicate), anathème. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | bann (anathema, ban, charm, jinx, spell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αφορισμόσ (anathema, aphorism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שמת" (ban, curse), חרם (anathema, ban, embargo, taboo), כרת (extermination), "וי (ban, banishment, ostracism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kiközösítés (ostracism), egyházi átok. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengucilan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scomunica (anathema, ban), anatema (anathema, ban, curse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 除名 (expulsion), 門 (anathema). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じょめい (clemency, expulsion, reconsidering a dismissal, sparing a life), はも" (anathema, ring on the water, ripple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | charbaa veih'n agglish (excommunicate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | excommunicationay excomunhão (anathema, ban, excoriate), excomungado, anátema (anathema). (various references) excomunicare (expulsion). (various references) отлучение от церкви (curse), отлучение (interdict). (various references) ekskomunikacija. (various references) excomunión, anatema (anathema, ban). (various references) exkommunicering, bannlysning (anathema, banishment, ostracism). (various references) aforoz (anathema, banishment). (various references) ізоляція (insulation, isolation), відлучення, вигнання (banishment, deportation, ejection, ejectment, exclusion, exile, expulsion, ousting, proscription). (various references) ysgymundod (ban), diarddeliad (expulsion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | anathema, anathemate. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "excommunication": excommunications. (additional references) | |
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"Excommunication" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: excomminication, excommuncation, excomunication, recommunization. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "excommunication" (pronounced e'kskumyuw'nukā"shun) |
| 13 | -s k u m y uw' n u k ā" sh u n | miscommunication. |
| 12 | -k u m y uw' n u k ā" sh u n | communication. |
| 6 | -u k ā" sh u n | acidification, adjudication, advocation, allocation, amplification, application, authentication, avocation, certification, classification, codification, complication, convocation, decertification, dedication, deification, desiccation, disqualification, diversification, domestication, duplication, edification, education, equivocation, eradication, explication, falsification, fortification, gasification, gratification, identification, implication, indication, intensification, intoxication, invocation, magnification, medication, misallocation, misapplication, modification, multiplication, notification, nullification, ossification, pacification, personification, pontification, prefabrication, prognostication, provocation, purification, qualification, quantification, ramification, ratification, reallocation, recertification, reclassification, rectification, rededication, replication, reunification, revocation, sanctification, saponification, suffocation, unification, verification, vilification, vindication. |
| 5 | -k ā" sh u n | abdication, altercation, bifurcation, clarification, confiscation, demarcation, detoxication, detoxification, disembarkation, dislocation, echolocation, electrification, embarkation, evocation, fabrication, gentrification, glorification, indemnification, justification, location, lubrication, misidentification, mummification, obfuscation, publication, relocation, simplification, sophistication, specification, syndication, telecommunication, vacation, vocation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, activation, adaptation, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alphabetization, alteration, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authorization, automation, aviation, balkanization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, coagulation, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communization, compensation, compilation, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, divination, documentation, domination, donation, dramatization, duration, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, facilitation, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gastrulation, generalization, generation, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, gradation, graduation, granulation, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indentation, indexation, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, machination, magnetization, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscreation, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, nucleation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, punctuation, quotation, radiation, radicalization, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recitation, reclamation, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, recuperation, redecoration, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanitation, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, specialization, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, summation, superstation, tabulation, taxation, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, vibration, victimization, violation, visitation, visualization, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-i-m-m-n-n-o-o-t-u-x" | |
-2 letters: communication. | |
-3 letters: antieconomic. | |
-4 letters: commination, comminution, communicant, communicate, uncinematic. | |
-5 letters: ammunition, nonmimetic, uneconomic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-i-i-m-m-n-n-o-o-t-u-x" | |
+1 letter: excommunications. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01111000 01100011 01101111 01101101 01101101 01110101 01101110 01101001 01100011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E x c o m m u n i c a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0078 0063 006F 006D 006D 0075 006E 0069 0063 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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