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/, SAMPA: /%Eks@"mjun@k@t/

Verb:

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

Adjective

excommunicate (comparative more excommunicate, superlative most excommunicate)

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.

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

Anglo-Norman: escumengier Bulgarian: отлъчвам от църквата (bg) French: excommunier (fr) Greek: αφορίζω (el) (aforízo) Polish: ekskomunikować (pl)

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)