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Definition of Excommunicate
1. Verb. Exclude from a church or a religious community. "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
Exact synonyms: Curse, Unchurch
Generic synonyms: Exclude, Keep Out, Shut, Shut Out
Antonyms: Communicate
Derivative terms: Excommunication, Excommunication
Generic synonyms: Exclude, Keep Out, Shut, Shut Out
Antonyms: Communicate
Derivative terms: Excommunication, Excommunication
2. Verb. Oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree.
Related verbs: Curse, Unchurch
Generic synonyms: Boot Out, Drum Out, Expel, Kick Out, Oust, Throw Out
Derivative terms: Excommunication
Generic synonyms: Boot Out, Drum Out, Expel, Kick Out, Oust, Throw Out
Derivative terms: Excommunication
Definition of Excommunicate
1. a. Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church.
2. v. t. To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence.
Definition of Excommunicate
1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excommunicate
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