excommunicate

English

Etymology

Late Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“put out of the community”).

Pronunciation

Adjective and Noun:

• (UK) IPA: /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət/
• (US) IPA: /ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkət/, X-SAMPA: /%Eks@"mjun@k@t/

Verb:

• (UK) IPA: /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
• (US) IPA: /ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkeɪt/, X-SAMPA: /%Eks@"mjun@keIt/

Adjective

excommunicate (not comparable)

1. 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.

Noun

excommunicate (plural excommunicates)

1. A person so excluded.

Verb

excommunicate (third-person singular simple present excommunicates, present participle excommunicating, simple past and past participle excommunicated)

1. (transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
2. (transitive) To exclude from any other group; to banish.

Related terms

• excommunication

Translations

to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community

• Bulgarian: отлъчвам от църквата (bg) (otlǎčvam ot cǎrkvata)
• Catalan: excomunicar (ca)
• Esperanto: ekskomuniki (eo)
• French: excommunier (fr)
• German: exkommunizieren (de)
• Greek: αφορίζω (el) (aforízo)
• Italian: scomunicare (it)
• Latin: excommunicare (la)
• Old French: escumengier

• Polish: ekskomunikować (pl)
• Portuguese: excomungar (pt)
• Russian: изгонять (ru) (izgonját') impf., изгнать (ru) (izgnát') pf., выгонять (ru) (vygonját') impf., выгнать (ru) (výgnat') pf., (e.g. from church) отлучать (ru) (otlučát') impf., отлучить (ru) (otlučít') pf.
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: ekskomunicírati (sh), izòpćiti (sh)

• Spanish: excomulgar (es)