Difference between revisions of "Excision"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_119550" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_119550" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_39518" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_39518" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 22:50, 12 October 2021
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [1]
The cutting off a person from fellowship with the community to which he belongs, by way of punishment for some sin committed. The Jews, Selden informs us, reckon up thirty-six crimes, to which they pretend this punishment is due. The rabbins reckon three kinds of excision; one, which destroys only the body; another, which destroys the soul only; and a third which destroys both body and soul. The first kind of excision they pretend is untimely death; the second is an utter extinction of the soul; and the third a compound of the two former: thus making the soul mortal or immortal, says Selden, according to the degree of misbehaviour and wickedness of the people.
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Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( n.) The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.
(2): ( n.) The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.
(3): ( n.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
an ecclesiastical sentence among the Jews, whereby a person was separated or cut off from his people. (See Ban); (See Excommunication).
