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How to pronounce excommunicate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms curse, unchurch
Type of shut out, keep out, exclude, shut
Derivation excommunication


The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner.
Type Words
Type of boot out, drum out, expel, kick out, oust, throw out
Verb group curse, unchurch
Derivation excommunication

Examples of excommunicate

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As a feminist activist, Joanna Brooks watched her church excommunicate her heroes.
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He's afraid his father will excommunicate him if he admits to simply not liking her.
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The Catholic church should excommunicate the governor and all those who voted for it.
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Rinuccini, the Papal Nuncio, threatened to excommunicate anyone who accepted the deal.
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Ryan allowed the team to briefly excommunicate Solo, then to ostracize her when she returned.
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In reality, it is quite difficult to excommunicate yourself, even if you do have an abortion.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
Valdemar enlisted the help of Pope Gregory XI who agreed to excommunicate rebellious Danes.
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Or excommunicate those that fail to follow the path of charity first Self Last in importance.
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Sometimes we excommunicate them, which, frankly, seems a bit redundant because they already left.
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More examples
  • Exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
  • Oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree
  • (excommunication) the state of being excommunicated
  • (excommunication) the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society
  • (Excommunicated) A member is taken off the official membership roster -- they are said to no longer have their "name on the books." They are told they are no longer welcome. Excommunicated members are usually treated as separate by family members who are still involved with HOJ. ...
  • (Excommunicated) Cast out of a coven or the vampiric community as a whole. (See also "Invisibles", "Sin nomine".)
  • (Excommunication) (Gr. aphorismos): A penalty or censure by which a baptized individual is excluded from the Communion and fellowship of the Church, for committing and remaining obstinate in certain mortal sins. ...
  • (excommunication) A disciplinary action against a Church member in which membership is withdrawn. (See Disciplinary Procedures)
  • (Excommunication) Exclusion from the membership of the church or from communion with faithful Christians. Those judged "tolerati" could still mingle with the faithful, but those "vitandi" could not and were exiled. See also Anathema.