Noun
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
.