excommunicate
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ecclesiastical Latin, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“put out of the community”).
Pronunciation
Adjective and Noun:
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkət/
Verb:
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkeɪt/
Adjective
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.
- c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX:
Noun
excommunicate (plural excommunicates)
- A person so excluded.
Verb
excommunicate (third-person singular simple present excommunicat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle excommunicated)
- (transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 17, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- “Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.
- (transitive, historical or figurative) To exclude from any other group; to banish.
Synonyms
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Translations
to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
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