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If you had left without seeing me I'd have excommunicated Casey.

From Fanny Herself by Ferber, Edna

The King commands you to absolve the bishops Whom you have excommunicated.

From Becket and other plays by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

Indeed, the early Socinians would have denied to Dr. Priestley and his friends the title of Christians, and would have excommunicated them from their Society.

From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)

Our realists have excommunicated the monologue as improbable, but if I can lay a proper basis for it, I can also make it seem probable, and then I can use it to good advantage.

From Plays by August Strindberg, Second series by Strindberg, August

"And you have not heard, then," said the cavalier, eagerly, "that they have excommunicated him?"

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 by Various