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excommunicate
[ verb eks-kuh-myoo-ni-keyt; noun adjective eks-kuh-myoo-ni-kit, -keyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to cut off from communion with a church or exclude from the sacraments of a church by ecclesiastical sentence.
- to exclude or expel from membership or participation in any group, association, etc.:
an advertiser excommunicated from a newspaper.
noun
- an excommunicated person.
adjective
- cut off from communion with a church; excommunicated.
excommunicate
verb
- 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
adjective
- having incurred such a sentence
noun
- an excommunicated person
Derived Forms
- ˌ泦dzˈܲԾپ, adjective
- ˌ泦dzˈܲԾٴǰ, noun
- ˌ泦dzˈܲԾ, adjective
- ˌ泦dzˌܲԾˈپDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- cdz·n·tǰ noun
- ܲe·dz·n·e adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of excommunicate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of excommunicate1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
He and his wife Anne were excommunicated by his local church in Cape Town, South Africa, the year before he died.
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.
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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