excommunicate
verb
- censure to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət/ / /ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkət/ / /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ / /ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkeɪt/
adj
Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“put out of the community”). See -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumian.
- Excommunicated.
“[…]the iewes had conſpyred allredy that yff eny man did confeſſe that he was Chriſt / he ſhulde be excommunicat out of the Sinagoge.”
“Thou ſhalt ſtand curſt, and excommunicate[…]”
noun
Etymology: From a substantivation of the above adjective. See -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more.
- An excommunicated person.
verb
Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“excommunicate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ex- + communicate.
- To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
““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.”
- To exclude from any other group; to banish.
“Samois includes celebate ^([sic]), heterosexual and bisexual women as well as lesbians, and I feel very strongly that this is the wisest choice. Our community is so fragile that we can't afford to fragment it by excommunicating non-lesbian women.”
“Although our Macs served us well, in those early, dark years Macintosh users were effectively excommunicated by the computer establishment.”