excommunication

Japanese: excommunication
excommunication

...mainly in Judaism and Christianity, the act of excluding believers from the church and imposing various punishments on them. In English, it is called excommunication, and its original meaning is literally "to cut off communication." Generally, there are "minor excommunication" and "major excommunication." Minor excommunication is a temporary measure for relief, but major excommunication means a prohibition on all communication with other believers and exclusion from the church not only in the present but also in the future.

*Some explanations of terms that mention "excommunication" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…主としてユダヤ教やキリスト教において,信者を教会から除外追放して,さまざまな懲罰を科すこと。英語ではexcommunicationといい,文字どおり〈交わりcommunicationを断つex〉ことがその原義。一般に破門には〈小破門minor excommunication〉と〈大破門major excommunication〉とがあって,小破門は期限つきで救済の処置がとられているが,大破門は他の信者とのいっさいの交通の禁止,現在のみならず来世にわたっての教会からの排除を意味した。…

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