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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Excommunicatioun, n. [e.m.E. excomunycacion (c 1500), late L. excommūnicātio.] Excommunication. — 1532 Reg. Cupar A. I. 315.
Vnder the panys of excommunicatioun, aggrauatioun, reaggrauatioun, and interdictioun 1560 Bk. Disc. 231.
The obstinat impenitent efter the sentence of excommunicatioun 1593 Bk. Univ. Kirk III. 802.
Thomas Blar … , lyand vnder the sentence of excommunicatioun thir four ȝeiris bygane 1612 Ib. 1105.
No sentence of excommunicatioun or absolutioun thereof
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