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excommunicate definition

ex·com·mu·ni·cate (eks′kə myo̵̅o̅′ni kāt′; for adj. & n., usually, -kit)

transitive verb excommunicated -·cat′ed, excommunicating -·cat′·ing

to exclude, by an act of ecclesiastical authority, from the sacraments, rights, and privileges of a church; censure by cutting off from communion with a church

Etymology: ME excommunicaten < LL(Ec) excommunicatus, pp. of excommunicare: see ex- & communicate

adjective

excommunicated

noun

an excommunicated person

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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