excommunicates
- present tense form of excommunicate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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It now excommunicates anyone who practises polygamy but a number of fundamentalist Mormon offshoots continue to do so.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2020
Complying with the church commandments isn’t such a problem for many Amish inmates, because the church usually excommunicates members who commit crimes of violence or depravity before they enter prison.
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2012
The mainstream Mormon church, which has no affiliation with the FLDS, abandoned polygamy in 1890 and excommunicates members engaged in the practice.
From Reuters • Jun. 22, 2012
Good Catholic wives glanced at the crucifix on the wall, tried not to think of excommunicates.
From Time Magazine Archive
The authors of the treatises on the Inquisition," writes Tanon, "classed as heretics all those who favored heresy, and all excommunicates who did not submit to the Church within a certain period.
From The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church by Conway, Bertrand L. (Bertrand Louis)
