excommunicate (Meaning)
excommunicate (v)
exclude from a church or a religious community
oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree
excommunicate (a.)
Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church.
excommunicate (n.)
One excommunicated.
excommunicate (v. t.)
To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence.
To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict.
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excommunicate Sentence Examples
- The church excommunicated the heretic for his blasphemous beliefs.
- The pope excommunicated the king for his adultery and murder.
- She was excommunicated from the church for her refusal to accept the new dogma.
- The village elder excommunicated the sorcerer for bringing misfortune upon the community.
- The council excommunicated the traitor for conspiring with the enemy.
- The congregation excommunicated the sinner for his unrepentant lifestyle.
- The community excommunicated the outlaw for his violent crimes.
- The religious order excommunicated the dissident monk for his heretical teachings.
- The tribe excommunicated the member for breaking their sacred laws.
- The cult excommunicated the apostate for questioning the leader's authority.
FAQs About the word excommunicate
exclude from a church or a religious community, oust or exclude from a group or membership by decreeExcommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church., O
expel, dismiss, exclude,banish, ostracize, exile, eject, deport, spurn, repudiate
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The church excommunicated the heretic for his blasphemous beliefs.
The pope excommunicated the king for his adultery and murder.
She was excommunicated from the church for her refusal to accept the new dogma.
The village elder excommunicated the sorcerer for bringing misfortune upon the community.
