the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society | surgical removal of a body part or tissue |
the state of being excommunicated | the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence |
| the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society |
| the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage |