excommunicate
Meanings
Plural: excommunicates
Verb
- exclude from a church or a religious community
- "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
- oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree
- To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
- To exclude from any other group; to banish.
Adj
- Excommunicated.
Noun
- An excommunicated person.
Origin / Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“excommunicate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ex- + communicate.
Synonyms
curse, disfellowship, excommunicant, excommunicatee, takfir, unchurch
Antonyms
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