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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

excommunicate Related Forms
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

v.

expel, oust, anathematize, unchurch; see banish 1, damn 1, dismiss 1.

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.