Termination of church membership (15)

I believe the answer is:

excommunication

(Other definitions for excommunication that I've seen before include "Exclusion from the church" , "expulsion from church" , "Strong sentence" , "Ban" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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