# excommunication

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɛkskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/ · frequency rank #41,619

## Definitions
1. The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially 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.

## Etymology
From Middle English excommunicacion, from Late Latin excommūnicātiō. By surface analysis, excommunicate + -ion. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumung.

## Common misspellings (21)
`ecxommunication`, `exccommunication`, `excmomunication`, `excommnuication`, `excommuincation`, `excommunciation`, `excommuniaction`, `excommunicaiton`, `excommunicasion`, `excommunicatino`, `excommunicationn`, `excommunicatoin`, `excommunicattion`, `excommuniccation`, `excommunictaion`, `excommunnication`, `excomumnication`, `excomunication`, `exocmmunication`, `exxcommunication`, `xecommunication`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/excommunication