excommunicate
excommunicate
Definition
ex·com·mu·ni·cate (eks′kə myo̵̅o̅′ni kāt′; for adj. & n., usually, -kit)
transitive verb -·cat′ed, -·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
ex′·com·mu′·ni·ca′·tion noun
ex′·com·mu′·ni·ca′·tive (-kāt′iv, -kə tiv) adjective
ex′·com·mu′·ni·ca′·tor noun
ex′·com·mu′·ni·ca·to′ry (-kə tôr′ē) adjective
excommunicate
Synonyms
excommunicate
Usage Examples
Preposition: from
- church: In 144 AD he was excommunicated from the church.
- fellowship: However, from 1 Timothy we know that Hymenaeus was excommunicated from the fellowship.
Subject
- archbishop: On March 15, 1411, he was excommunicated by the archbishop, and the city laid under an interdict.
- bull: He died a horrible death, being excommunicated by a bull.
Preposition: by
- archbishop: On March 15, 1411, he was excommunicated by the archbishop, and the city laid under an interdict.
- bull: He died a horrible death, being excommunicated by a bull.
Modifying Another Word
- also: I also excommunicated the gang of four who now claimed to lead the Order.
- not: Will not excommunicate nor suspend, without consent of one of the Bishops in the Commission.
- formally: He then says the church should formally excommunicate this man - for his own spiritual good.
- even: He even excommunicated those who wanted to show hospitality to them.
- promptly: When Cooney chose to heed the request of the fallen leader he was promptly excommunicated from the movement.
- subsequently: They married without the proper license required for a marriage during the Lent period and were subsequently excommunicated by the Bishop of Worcester.
Object
- member: Dictatorial Diotrephes even excommunicated church members who disobeyed him ( v10 ).
- lefty: We must find a suitable pontiff of the left to excommunicate lefties who are on the turn.
- king: It was intended to show that, despite his contacts with the excommunicated German king, he remained a loyal Gregorian.
- man: The leper is an extreme case, he is an excommunicated man, not fit company for God or man.
- people: Sin got people excommunicated from the Church and put in fear of God.
- IRA: The funeral sermon concluded with an appeal, which went unanswered, to the Roman Catholic bishops to excommunicate the Provisional IRA.
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