EXCOMMUNICATION, N. This "excommunication" Is A Word In Speech Ecclesiastical Oft Heard

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EXCOMMUNICATION, n.

This "excommunication" is a word
In speech ecclesiastical oft heard,
And means the damning, with bell, book and candle,
Some sinner whose opinions are a scandal --
A rite permitting Satan to enslave him
Forever, and forbidding Christ to save him.
Gat Huckle
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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