excommunicate
to cut off from communion with a church or exclude from the sacraments of a church by ecclesiastical sentence.
to exclude or expel from membership or participation in any group, association, etc.: an advertiser excommunicated from a newspaper.
an excommunicated person.
cut off from communion with a church; excommunicated.
Origin of excommunicate
1Other words from excommunicate
- ex·com·mu·ni·ca·tor, noun
- un·ex·com·mu·ni·cat·ed, adjective
Words Nearby excommunicate
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How to use excommunicate in a sentence
In Poland, it’s almost impossible for openly LGBTQ people to remain an active part of the Roman Catholic Church, which, according to activists, excommunicates people who are openly LGBTQ.
The Unorthodox Priest Leading Poland's Fight for LGBTQ Rights | Madeline Roache | June 18, 2021 | TimeBeyond that, Cheney seems to be placing a bet on the long term — the idea that, even if she’s excommunicated from House GOP leadership and loses her seat in Congress, she might eventually emerge better for it.
Liz Cheney appears to be lighting her political career on fire. But for what? | Aaron Blake | May 5, 2021 | Washington PostPetrey said that he is not aware of a mental health professional who has been excommunicated for issues directly related to their work.
Mormon sex therapist faces discipline and possible expulsion from the LDS Church | Sarah Pulliam Bailey | April 16, 2021 | Washington PostAlthough Weinstein has been excommunicated from the industry, some of his less controversial campaigning practices remain.
They don’t excommunicate people who could help rebuild a majority.
No, Trumpism Isn’t Over. Look at What Just Happened in Arizona | Philip Elliott | January 25, 2021 | Time
Even after she left its barbed bosom, it did its best to further excommunicate and sideline her.
If Kate Middleton’s Butt Could Speak: It’s Time Royal Princesses Led Visible, Voluble Public Lives | Tim Teeman | June 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJewish and world leaders privately asked him to excommunicate Hitler, but he declined to do so.
And rather than fight with them, they'll just excommunicate and ignore him, which half of them have already done anyway, probably.
Conservative Schism? Not Getting My Hopes Up | Michael Tomasky | September 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut he gave to the clergy the exclusive right to excommunicate, and to regulate the administration of the sacraments.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VI | John LordHe could depose prelates and excommunicate the greatest personages; he enjoyed enormous revenues; he was vicegerent of the Pope.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John LordThe Pope allowed him to excommunicate the persons who occupied his estates, but not the King himself.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John LordThis mans wedding-business was so extensive and so scandalous, that the Bishop of London found it necessary to excommunicate him.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 | Camden PelhamYonder holy man of a bishop, who sleeps not far from you, gorged with wine and meat, might excommunicate you if he heard you!
The Poniard's Hilt | Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for excommunicate
/ RC Church /
(tr) to sentence (a member of the Church) to exclusion from the communion of believers and from the privileges and public prayers of the Church
having incurred such a sentence
an excommunicated person
Origin of excommunicate
1Derived forms of excommunicate
- excommunicable, adjective
- excommunication, noun
- excommunicative or excommunicatory, adjective
- excommunicator, noun
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