Definitions for excommunicate
ˌɛks kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪt; -kɪt, -ˌkeɪtex·com·mu·ni·cate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excommunicate, unchurch, curseverb

   exclude from a church or a religious community

   "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"

2. excommunicateverb

   oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excommunicatenoun

   A person so excluded.

2. excommunicateverb

   To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.

3. excommunicateverb

   To exclude from any other group; to banish.

4. excommunicateadjective

   Excommunicated.

5. Etymology: excommunicatus, perfect passive participle of excommunico.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Excommunicateverb

   To eject from the communion of the visible church by an ecclesiastical censure; to interdict from the participation of holy mysteries.

   Etymology: excommunico, low Latin.

   Thou shalt stand curst and excommunicate;
   And blessed shall he be, that doth revolt
   From his allegiance to an heretick. William Shakespeare, King John.

   What if they shall excommunicate me, hath the doctrine of meekness any salve for me then? Henry Hammond, Pract. Catech.

   The office is performed by the parish-priest at interment, but not unto persons excommunicated. John Ayliffe, Parergon.

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1. excommunicate

   Excommunicate refers to the action of officially excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church, predominantly in Roman Catholic and Orthodox denominities. This is typically a result of the individual committing acts or holding beliefs that go against the teachings of the Church. The excommunication can be lifted if the person repents or reforms their behavior.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Excommunicateadjective

   excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church

2. Excommunicatenoun

   one excommunicated

3. Excommunicateverb

   to put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence

4. Excommunicateverb

   to lay under the ban of the church; to interdict

5. Etymology: [L. excommunicatus, p. p. of communicare to excommunicate; ex out + communicare. See Communicate.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Excommunicate

   eks-kom-ūn′i-kāt, v.t. to put out of or expel from the communion of the church: to deprive of church privileges.—adj. Excommun′icable.—ns. Excommunicā′tion, act of expelling from the communion of a church—(Milt.) Excommun′ion.—adj. Excommun′icatory, of or pertaining to excommunication. [From Late L. excommunicāre—L. ex, out, communis, common.]

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How to say excommunicate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of excommunicate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of excommunicate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of excommunicate in a Sentence

1. Nyasha Marange:

   We excommunicate any member who engages in such behavior. It is a criminal offense and should be dealt with at the courts like in Momberume's case.

2. Anthony Gonzales:

   As a party, we need to be honest about where we are. And we are completely out of power at the federal government. We don't have White House, we don't have the White House, and we don't have the Senate. Sometimes when I hear us talk about the state of our party, we talk about how we somehow won an election. We lost all of them when you look at the federal government, my concern is we are trying to excommunicate our own voters. And when you are fully out of power, you need to be adding voters, not subtracting voters.

3. Pope Francis:

   Anyone can publish or voice their opinion. I don't excommunicate people. Time and the Lord will change things, i don't feel like judging them. I pray and I ask the Lord to settle their hearts and mine too.

4. Nyasha Marange:

   Our leaders have been preaching against that, we excommunicate any member who engages in such behavior. It is a criminal offense and should be dealt with at the courts like in Momberume's case.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=excommunicate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Excommunicate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=excommunicate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excommunicate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=excommunicate
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=excommunicate