excommunicate
verb
ex·com·mu·ni·cate
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excommunicated;
excommunicating;
excommunicates
Definition of excommunicate
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to subject to excommunication
excommunicate
adjective
ex·com·mu·ni·cate
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Definition of excommunicate (Entry 2 of 2)
: excluded from the rights of church membership : excommunicated
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Other Words from excommunicate
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excommunicator
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excommunicate
noun
Examples of excommunicate in a Sentence
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Eventually, Bill and the fourth brother, Frederick, were excommunicated from the family business, sent away with $1.1 billion. — Philip Elliott, Time, "David Koch's Millions Remade the Republican Party. He Didn't Like the Results," 23 Aug. 2019 Pope John had Formosus excommunicated in 876 and expelled from his diocese. — National Geographic, "In 897, the corpse of a pope was exhumed—to be put on trial.," 20 Aug. 2019 Today many of these public figures act as if the sport is all better now that Landis and Armstrong have been excommunicated. — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, "Floyd Landis Still Has a Lot to Say," 19 July 2019 Despite that acquittal, five of the seven bishops were effectively excommunicated from the Church of England — not for their disloyalty to James, but their loyalty to him. — Declan Leary, National Review, "Conservatives Should Not Celebrate Religious Tyranny and Coercion," 19 July 2019 Jordyn will be excommunicated by the KarJenners and put on public trial by social media in the aftermath of one night out with Tristan Thompson. — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, "Jordyn Woods Went To This Major Kardashian Event & KUWTK Couldn’t Handle It," 10 June 2019 The church said Bratton is no longer a member, is no longer receiving a salary, and that he was excommunicated by the church the following Sunday, May 19. — CBS News, "Southern Baptist pastor in Texas charged with sex abuse of a teen family member," 17 June 2019 Whoever threw that lemon at Ariana grande is excommunicated from the church of Beyoncé. — Sara Delgado, Teen Vogue, "Ariana Grande Called Out a Fan for Throwing a Lemon at Her During Coachella," 22 Apr. 2019 As part of the deal, the pope also recognized seven excommunicated Chinese bishops who had been appointed without Vatican approval over the years. — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, "Pope Francis Reaches Out to Chinese Catholics After Deal on Bishops," 26 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'excommunicate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for excommunicate
excommunicate
verb
English Language Learners Definition of excommunicate
: to not allow (someone) to continue being a member of the Roman Catholic church
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