| excommunicate |
| excommunicate |
| excommunicate | (v) exclude from a church or a religious community, Syn. curse, unchurch, Ant. communicate, Example: The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner |
| excommunicate | (v) oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree |
| Excommunicate | a. [ L. excommunicatus, p. p. of communicare to excommunicate; ex out + communicare. See Communicate. ] Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church. -- Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Excommunicate | v. t. Martin the Fifth . . . was the first that excommunicated the reading of heretical books. Miltin. [ 1913 Webster ] |