excommunicate
Pronunciation: /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
The English word “excommunicate” has 4 meanings listed here.
verb
- To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
- To exclude from any other group; to banish.
adjective
- Excommunicated.
noun
- An excommunicated person.
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“excommunicate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ex- + communicate.
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More English words
- EXCOMM
- excommune
- excommunicable
- excommunicant
- excommunicatee
- excommunication
- excommunicative
- excommunicator
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