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excommunicate

verb

  1. censure to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community
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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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.