excommunication

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Recent Examples of excommunication Kincaid had already begun cultivating an array of overlapping, perennial obsessions: matriarchal power and mothers (specifically her own), banishment and excommunication from family structures, the British empire, colonial literary education, Antigua, and travel. Book Marks august 7, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025 The panel also said that a juror might find that the father’s confession before the panel, considering his excommunication also wasn’t privileged. Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 30 July 2025 Rupnik had been excommunicated, but that excommunication was lifted by Pope Francis in 2022, outraging advocates for abuse victims. Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 8 May 2025 Cardinal electors must sign an oath of secrecy and seclusion, under threat of excommunication. Daniel Burke, NPR, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for excommunication
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Noun
  • The shooting inflamed tensions a day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis, prompting protests and condemnation from state and city officials there.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Elon Musk’s xAI has restricted its AI chatbot Grok’s image generation capabilities to paying subscribers only, following widespread condemnation over its use to create non-consensual sexualized images of real women and children.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Hegseth’s recent censure of Kelly accuses him of Conduct Unbecoming An Officer and Violating Good Order And Discipline (less serious parts of the UCMJ and more open to interpretation).
    Michael Szalma, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Hegseth this week backed off that losing proposition and instead issued a censure for Kelly and started a process to demote him in retirement, which would reduce his pension.
    Chris Brennan, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Condemnations Some South American leaders offered some of the strongest and swiftest denunciations, alongside Iran and Russia.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026
  • In addition to Murton's denunciations of conditions at Cummins and Tucker, his book explores the woefully inadequate women's prison, located on the same grounds as Cummins.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • But some believe a traveling, apocalyptic preacher convinced her that killing Noah, John, Paul, Luke and Mary was the only way to save them from eternal damnation.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
  • According to the defense, Andrea was suffering from persistent delusions and believed that killing her children was the only way to save them from eternal damnation.
    Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 6 Jan. 2026

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“Excommunication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excommunication. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.

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