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Excommunicant   Listen
noun
Excommunicant  n.  One who has been excommunicated.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... excommunication. Such a ceremony is described in an early writing thus: "Twelve priests should stand about the bishop, holding in their hands lighted torches, which at the conclusion of the anathema or excommunication they should cast down and trample under foot." When the excommunicant is reinstated, a lighted candle is placed in his hands as a symbol of reconciliation. These and many other ceremonial uses of light have been and are practised, but they are not always mandatory. Furthermore, the customs ...
— Artificial Light - Its Influence upon Civilization • M. Luckiesh



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