excommunicate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Late Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“put out of the community”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective and Noun:
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Adjective [edit]
excommunicate (not comparable)
- Excommunicated.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX:
- the iewes had conspyred allredy that yff eny man did confesse that he was Christ, he shulde be excommunicat out of the Sinagoge.
- Shakespeare
- Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX:
Noun [edit]
excommunicate (plural excommunicates)
- A person so excluded.
Verb [edit]
excommunicate (third-person singular simple present excommunicates, present participle excommunicating, simple past and past participle excommunicated)
- (transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
- (transitive) To exclude from any other group; to banish.
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Translations [edit]
to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
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