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Recent Examples of excommunication
Hailey recalled a ‘dramatic excommunication’ following their first breakup.
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Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
1 Feb. 2026
For its part, Housewives has sugarcoated neither Gay’s clashes with the Mormon Church and subsequent estrangement from some friends and family members, nor the painful excommunication of her castmate and cousin Whitney Rose.
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Judy Berman,
Time,
12 Nov. 2025
It’s been reported that Stuckmann was at least partly inspired by matters from his own life, particularly his sister’s excommunication from the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
The automatic consequence for a confessor who breaks the seal of confession is excommunication – that is, banned, at least temporarily, from the sacraments of the church.
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Timothy Gabrielli,
The Conversation,
25 Aug. 2025
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Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
1 Feb. 2026
For its part, Housewives has sugarcoated neither Gay’s clashes with the Mormon Church and subsequent estrangement from some friends and family members, nor the painful excommunication of her castmate and cousin Whitney Rose.
—
Judy Berman,
Time,
12 Nov. 2025
It’s been reported that Stuckmann was at least partly inspired by matters from his own life, particularly his sister’s excommunication from the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
The automatic consequence for a confessor who breaks the seal of confession is excommunication – that is, banned, at least temporarily, from the sacraments of the church.
—
Timothy Gabrielli,
The Conversation,
25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for excommunication
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excommunication
Noun
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Following an inspection in March, the city issued a formal notice of condemnation and order to vacate, as only about 17% of the rooms inspected passed.
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The admission drew immediate condemnation from Democratic lawmakers.
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After passing the Resolutions Committee of the South Dakota GOP, the censure was overwhelmingly voted down, with opponents saying the measure would only help Democrats.
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The House’s periodic descent into politically motivated censure votes, however, could propel them to make a change next year.
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The bicentennial occurred during an election year, with all the partisan denunciations that entails (though when Jimmy Carter narrowly beat Ford, no one thought of contesting the results).
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Three words The lengthiest denunciation of Tyndale’s translation came from More, the English humanist who was King Henry VIII’s leading political official.
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There is a temptation to expand the view of this ruling, to look at the slippery slope that has been legally greased and pontificate about how this will lead to the further damnation of college sports.
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One Brokeback Mountain movie ticket can mean family rejection or eternal damnation.
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“Excommunication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excommunication. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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