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excommunicate
transitive verb excommunicated, excommunicating
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
adjective
excommunicated
noun
an excommunicated person
Related Forms:
- excommunication noun
- excommunicative adjective
- excommunicator noun
- excommunicatory adjective
See excommunicate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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