excommunicate[verb]Synonyms: expel, anathematize, ban, banish, cast out, denounce, exclude, repudiate
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ex‧com‧mu‧ni‧cate /ˌekskəˈmjuːnəkeɪt, ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: past participle of excommunicare, from communicare; ⇒ communicate]
to punish someone by no longer allowing them to be a member of the Roman Catholic church
—excommunication /ˌekskəmjuːnəˈkeɪʃ
ən, ˌekskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲