excommunicatory

[ eks-kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

1. relating to or causing excommunication.

Word History and Origins

Origin of excommunicatory¹

First recorded in 1675–85; excommunicate + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

He had reviled “the Church,” and they at once caught “the excommunicatory fever.”

From Project Gutenberg

An expelled member is read out of meeting with stated excommunicatory maledictions.

From Project Gutenberg