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excommunicant|ɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkənt|
[ad. L. excommūnicant-em, pr. pple. of excommūnicāre: see excommunicate. (With sense 2 cf. examinant 2.)]
1. One who excommunicates; an excommunicator.
1651Hobbes Leviath. iii. xlii. 308 Might be a greater pain to the Excommunicant than to the Excommunicate.
¶2. = excommunicate B.
1586J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 313 Likewise with these, we arraunge all..excommunicants, heretiques, vsurers, pandars, histrions, or stage players. 1641Heylin Hist. Episcopacy (1657) II. 365 When as the wickednesse of Felicissimus..was growne unto the height, the Father of his owne authority denounced him excommunicant. 1887J. Martineau National Church in Contemp. Rev. LI. 416 Innumerable swarms of excommunicants—Donatists, Arians, Monophysites, Albigenses, Hussites. [In mod. Dicts.] |