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excommunicate

[ verb eks-kuh-myoo-ni-keyt; noun adjective eks-kuh-myoo-ni-kit, -keyt ]

verb (used with object)

excommunicated, excommunicating.
  1. to cut off from communion with a church or exclude from the sacraments of a church by ecclesiastical sentence.
  2. to exclude or expel from membership or participation in any group, association, etc.:

    an advertiser excommunicated from a newspaper.



noun

  1. an excommunicated person.

adjective

  1. cut off from communion with a church; excommunicated.

excommunicate

verb

  1. tr to sentence (a member of the Church) to exclusion from the communion of believers and from the privileges and public prayers of the Church
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. having incurred such a sentence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an excommunicated person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ泦dzˈܲԾپ, adjective
  • ˌ泦dzˈܲԾٴǰ, noun
  • ˌ泦dzˈܲԾ, adjective
  • ˌ泦dzˌܲԾˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • cdz·n·tǰ noun
  • ܲe·dz·n·e adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of excommunicate1

1375–1425; late Middle English excommunicaten (v.) < Late Latin 泦dzūԾٳܲ literally, put out of the community (past participle of 泦dzūԾ ), equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + dzū ( is ) common, public + -ic- (by analogy with dzūicāre to communicate ) + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of excommunicate1

C15: from Late Latin 泦dzūԾ, literally: to exclude from the community, from Latin dzūis common
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He said he had had several meetings with Braverman, whom he said had been "excommunicated" and made a "pariah" by the Conservatives, despite what he said were her far-sighted views on immigration.

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Smyth was only excommunicated by his local church the year before his death in 2018, after he was named publicly as an abuser in a Channel 4 News report.

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He and his wife Anne were excommunicated by his local church in Cape Town, South Africa, the year before he died.

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Lutnick claims that any complaints are all sour grapes from people associated with Project 2025 who have apparently been excommunicated from Trump's inner circle for making the former president look bad.

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Then in 2020, when the prayers and Bible studies were deemed to have failed, Mensah was excommunicated from his church for being gay.

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