excommunicate
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excommunicate
▶verb /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ officially exclude from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church. ▶adjective /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət/ excommunicated. ▶noun /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət/ an excommunicated person.
– derivatives
excommunication noun,
excommunicative adjective,
excommunicator noun,
excommunicatory adjective.
excommunication noun,
excommunicative adjective,
excommunicator noun,
excommunicatory adjective.
– origin ME: from eccles. L. excommunicat-, excommunicare, from ex- ‘out’ + L. communis ‘common to all’.
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