noun
: a sin (as idolatry, murder, adultery, heresy) for which excommunication or public penance was decreed by the canons of the early church
noun
: a sin (as idolatry, murder, adultery, heresy) for which excommunication or public penance was decreed by the canons of the early church
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012