ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷nəˈkāshən noun
Etymology: Middle English excommunicacioun, from Late Latin excommunication-, excommunicatio, from excommunicatus + Latin -ion-, -io -ion
: the act of excommunicating : exclusion from fellowship ; especially : an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is for the time cast out of the communion of the church — see major excommunication , minor excommunication