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discommune, v.|dɪsˈkɒmjuːn| [f. dis- 6 + commune v., or dis- 7 a + commune n.] Hence disˈcommuned ppl. a., disˈcommuning vbl. n. †1. trans. To cut off or exclude from communion, fellowship, or association. Obs.
1590D. Androes in Greenwood Collect. Sclaund. Art. E ij, The other was a ciuile discommuning. 1618Hales Gold. Rem. (1688) 424 By suspending, discommuning, by expelling them from their Churches, etc. 1647Fuller Good Th. in Worse T. (1841) 130 Must I be discommuned from my husband's devotion? 1659Gauden Tears of Ch. 409 When they have disputed, and discommuned, and unchurched, and unchristened one another. 2. = discommon v. 2.
1677Wood Life (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) II. 383 Brickland, a discommuned cobler. 1691― Ath. Oxon. II. 507 He..did expel the said Dobson, and discommune for ever the Book⁓seller called Edward Thorne. 1710Hearne Collect. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) III. 98 Mr. Ryley was one of the Persons discommun'd, which he attributes chiefly to Dr. Sacheverell. 1852Queen's Bench Rep. XVIII. 650 The said Vice Chancellor and certain Heads of Colleges..pronounced the plaintiff to be discommuned until the end of next term. |