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Excommunication vs Proscription - What's the difference?

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Excommunication is a related term of proscription.


As nouns the difference between excommunication and proscription

is that excommunication is the act of excommunicating]] or [[eject|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 while proscription is a prohibition.

excommunication

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of excommunicating]] or [[eject, 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.
  • proscription

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A prohibition.
  • (history) Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
  • * 1837 , Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb,
  • He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription [...]
  • The act of proscribing, or its result.
  • A decree or law that prohibits.
  • Usage notes

    * Do not confuse with prescription