excommunicate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Late Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“put out of the community”).
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excommunicate (comparative more excommunicate, superlative most excommunicate)
- 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.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX:
[edit] Noun
excommunicate (plural excommunicates)
- A person so excluded.
[edit] Verb
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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to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
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