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  • 1Excommunication — • Exclusion from the communion, the principal and severest censure, is a medicinal, spiritual penalty that deprives the guilty Christian of all participation in the common blessings of ecclesiastical society Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …

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  • 2Cloister — • The English equivalent of the Latin word clausura (from claudere, to shut up ) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cloister     Cloister      …

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  • 3Interdict — • Originally in Roman law, an interlocutory edict of the praetor, especially in matter affecting the right of possession; it still preserves this meaning in both Roman and canon law Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Interdict      …

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  • 4Irregularity — • A canonical impediment directly impeding the reception of tonsure and Holy orders or preventing the exercise of orders already received Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Irregularity     Irregularity …

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  • 5Suspension (in Canon Law) — • Usually defined as a censure by which a cleric is deprived, entirely or partially of the use of the power of orders, office, or benefice Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Suspension (in Canon Law)     Suspension …

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  • 6Ecclesiastical Censures —     Ecclesiastical Censures     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Censures     Medicinal and spiritual punishments imposed by the Church on a baptized, delinquent, and contumacious person, by which he is deprived, either wholly of in part …

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  • 7excommunication — /eks keuh myooh ni kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of excommunicating. 2. the state of being excommunicated. 3. the ecclesiastical sentence by which a person is excommunicated. [1425 75; late ME < LL excommunication (s. of excommunicatio). See&#8230; …

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  • 8Disapprobation — (Roget s Thesaurus) &LT; N PARAG:Disapprobation &GT;N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disapprobation disapprobation disapproval Sgm: N 1 improbation improbation Sgm: N 1 disesteem disesteem disvaluation displacency Sgm: N 1 odium odium Sgm: N 1 …

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  • 9Bigamy (in Canon Law) —     Bigamy (in Canon Law)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Bigamy (in Canon Law)     According to the strict meaning, the word should signify the marrying of a second after the death of the first wife, in contradistinction to polygamy, which is&#8230; …

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  • 10disapprobation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Condemnation Nouns 1. disapprobation, disapproval; dislike. 2. (lack of approval) discommendation, demerit; blame, detraction, condemnation. 3. (criticism) animadversion, reflection, stricture, objection …

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