excommunication
C2Գոյական/US /ˌɛkskəmjˌuːnəkˈeɪʃən/ ĕksk-əmy-o͞on-ək-ĀSH-ən; UK /ˌɛkskəmjˌuːnəkˈeɪʃən/ ĕksk-əmy-o͞on-ək-ĀSH-ən/
The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.
