excommunication

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Recent Examples of excommunication The Vatican said Viganò had been told of the excommunication and that only the Holy See could lift the sanction. Christopher Lamb, CNN, 5 July 2024 But raising the age question was grounds for excommunication from the high command of the Biden orbit. Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 June 2024 To demean Kennedy’s candidacy and exclude his views with a barrage of hostile name-calling and unfounded accusations — with implications of familial excommunication — is an insult to the electorate. David Marks, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024 Conviction could lead to Viganò’s defrocking and excommunication. Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 20 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for excommunication 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excommunication
Noun
  • Their actions drew condemnation on social media from political leaders on both the left and the right.
    David Plazas, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Some are singling out the pay raise in their condemnations.
    Axios, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The party says there will be disciplinary action — which could include censure, suspension and a ban — for those who violate the code.
    Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Heinz removed the censure from his request and put forth a motion requesting investigations by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona into the sheriff's actions.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Indeed, part of his genius is that all the denunciations and impeachments and indictments seem only to have increased his power and popularity.
    Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Fear, the emotion that predominates in Le Corbeau, seems familiar — lingering from the tyrannical Covid lockdowns, Stasi-like doxxing, denunciations, and the social antagonism endured through political partisanship.
    Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The Zesty dipping sauce was heavy on the horseradish, but not compelling enough to save the fries from eternal chicken tender damnation.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Even though his dumb blog has only three readers, Google Face identifies my sodden visage by name, and puts those pictures into the eternal damnation of Google Image search results.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Feb. 2010

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“Excommunication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excommunication. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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