Cryptic crossword clue
Maybe text from old flame results in expulsion from church

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 15 letter word EXCOMMUNICATION

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What does EXCOMMUNICATION mean?

EXCOMMUNICATION noun
  1. The act of excommunicating, disfellowshipping or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.

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