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单词 excommunication
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Definition of excommunication in English:

excommunication

noun ˌɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌɛkskəˌmjunəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • The action of officially excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church.

    he appealed against the papal sentence of excommunication
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Luther was ordered to recant on the threat of excommunication.
    • Finally, in 1258 a bungled deal with the Papacy threatened Henry with excommunication.
    • Catholics are forbidden to join the Freemasons under pain of excommunication.
    • Dishonest members are to be admonished; if they continue in dishonest practices, excommunication follows.
    • Michelangelo risked excommunication to secretly study anatomy in a morgue.
    • There is a By-law which forbids Members to practice hypnotism; the penalty is excommunication.
    • The threat of excommunication hangs over anyone tempted to break the vow of silence.
    • The cardinals on Tuesday filed into the chapel, chanting a Latin hymn to ask for divine guidance and swearing a solemn oath never to reveal the secrets of their deliberations on pain of excommunication.
    • If he continued to resist the church's demands, church officials would be forced to consider a range of sanctions, the most serious of which would be excommunication.
    • Philip was unwilling to face excommunication, for that could easily give his enemies within France the excuse they needed to foment open rebellion.

Definition of excommunication in US English:

excommunication

nounˌɛkskəˌmjunəˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌekskəˌmyo͞onəˈkāSH(ə)n
  • The action of officially excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church.

    he appealed against the papal sentence of excommunication
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Catholics are forbidden to join the Freemasons under pain of excommunication.
    • Dishonest members are to be admonished; if they continue in dishonest practices, excommunication follows.
    • There is a By-law which forbids Members to practice hypnotism; the penalty is excommunication.
    • Michelangelo risked excommunication to secretly study anatomy in a morgue.
    • The cardinals on Tuesday filed into the chapel, chanting a Latin hymn to ask for divine guidance and swearing a solemn oath never to reveal the secrets of their deliberations on pain of excommunication.
    • Luther was ordered to recant on the threat of excommunication.
    • Philip was unwilling to face excommunication, for that could easily give his enemies within France the excuse they needed to foment open rebellion.
    • If he continued to resist the church's demands, church officials would be forced to consider a range of sanctions, the most serious of which would be excommunication.
    • Finally, in 1258 a bungled deal with the Papacy threatened Henry with excommunication.
    • The threat of excommunication hangs over anyone tempted to break the vow of silence.
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