excommunicate
verb /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt 
/ [with object]
/ [with object]Officially exclude (someone) from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church: Martin Luther was excommunicated by the Pope...
- He left for France and then Germany, where he was excommunicated by the Lutheran Church, and returned to Italy in the mistaken belief that it would be safe to do so.
- The church excommunicated people who said that the earth revolved around the sun.
- A Puritan New England congregation even excommunicated a man who neglected the sexual aspect of his relationship with his wife!
adjective /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət /
/Excommunicated: an excommunicate bishop...
- Any that fought against him would be automatically excommunicate.
- In 1310 the excommunicate Bruce secured the support of the Scottish clergy.
- The suspension of Roger from office and the restoration of the excommunicate status of Gilbert Foliot and Jocelin of Salisbury would derail that plan.
noun /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət /
/An excommunicated person: the arrest of excommunicates...
- The Constitutions of Clarendon expressly forbade any oath about future conduct being required from an excommunicate.
Derivatives
excommunicative
/ adjectiveexcommunicator
/ noun ...- Aaron's father presides over the panel of Mormon excommunicators, and his son's ‘sin’ is so disgusting it can barely be put into words.
excommunicatory
/ adjectiveOrigin
Late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin excommunicat- 'excluded from communication with the faithful', from the verb excommunicare, from ex- 'out' + Latin communis 'common to all', on the pattern of Latin communicare (see communicate).
Rhymes
- Natterer's bat
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- natural
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- natural color
- natural-colored
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- natural-coloured
- natural day