excommunicate

ex·com·mu·ni·cate

E0267000 (ĕks′kə-myo͞o′nĭ-kāt′)tr.v. ex·com·mu·ni·cat·ed, ex·com·mu·ni·cat·ing, ex·com·mu·ni·cates 1. To deprive of the right of church membership by ecclesiastical authority.2. To exclude by or as if by decree from membership or participation in a group.n. (-kĭt) A person who has been excommunicated.adj. (-kĭt, -kāt′) Having been excommunicated.

[Middle English excommunicaten, from Late Latin excommūnicāre, excommūnicāt- : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin commūnicāre, to share (from commūnis, common; see common).]

ex′com·mu′ni·ca′tive (-kā′tĭv, -kə-), ex′com·mu′ni·ca·to′ry (-kə-tôr′ē) adj.ex′com·mu′ni·ca′tor n.

excommunicate

vb (Roman Catholic Church) (tr) to sentence (a member of the Church) to exclusion from the communion of believers and from the privileges and public prayers of the Church adj (Roman Catholic Church) having incurred such a sentence n (Roman Catholic Church) an excommunicated person [C15: from Late Latin excommūnicāre, literally: to exclude from the community, from Latin commūnis common] ˌexcomˈmunicable adj ˌexcomˌmuniˈcation n ˌexcomˈmunicative, ˌexcomˈmunicatory adj ˌexcomˈmunicator n

ex•com•mu•ni•cate

(v. ˌɛks kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪt; n., adj. -kɪt, -ˌkeɪt)

v. -cat•ed, -cat•ing,
n., adj. v.t. 1. to cut off from communion or membership, esp. from the sacraments and fellowship of the church by ecclesiastical sentence. n. 2. an excommunicated person. adj. 3. excommunicated. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin excommūnicātus, past participle of excommūnicāre] ex`com•mu′ni•ca`tor, n.

excommunicate

Past participle: excommunicated
Gerund: excommunicating

Imperative
excommunicate
excommunicate

Present
I excommunicate
you excommunicate
he/she/it excommunicates
we excommunicate
you excommunicate
they excommunicate

Preterite
I excommunicated
you excommunicated
he/she/it excommunicated
we excommunicated
you excommunicated
they excommunicated

Present Continuous
I am excommunicating
you are excommunicating
he/she/it is excommunicating
we are excommunicating
you are excommunicating
they are excommunicating

Present Perfect
I have excommunicated
you have excommunicated
he/she/it has excommunicated
we have excommunicated
you have excommunicated
they have excommunicated

Past Continuous
I was excommunicating
you were excommunicating
he/she/it was excommunicating
we were excommunicating
you were excommunicating
they were excommunicating

Past Perfect
I had excommunicated
you had excommunicated
he/she/it had excommunicated
we had excommunicated
you had excommunicated
they had excommunicated

Future
I will excommunicate
you will excommunicate
he/she/it will excommunicate
we will excommunicate
you will excommunicate
they will excommunicate

Future Perfect
I will have excommunicated
you will have excommunicated
he/she/it will have excommunicated
we will have excommunicated
you will have excommunicated
they will have excommunicated

Future Continuous
I will be excommunicating
you will be excommunicating
he/she/it will be excommunicating
we will be excommunicating
you will be excommunicating
they will be excommunicating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been excommunicating
you have been excommunicating
he/she/it has been excommunicating
we have been excommunicating
you have been excommunicating
they have been excommunicating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been excommunicating
you will have been excommunicating
he/she/it will have been excommunicating
we will have been excommunicating
you will have been excommunicating
they will have been excommunicating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been excommunicating
you had been excommunicating
he/she/it had been excommunicating
we had been excommunicating
you had been excommunicating
they had been excommunicating

Conditional
I would excommunicate
you would excommunicate
he/she/it would excommunicate
we would excommunicate
you would excommunicate
they would excommunicate

Past Conditional
I would have excommunicated
you would have excommunicated
he/she/it would have excommunicated
we would have excommunicated
you would have excommunicated
they would have excommunicated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	excommunicate - exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"unchurch, curseexcommunicate - oust or exclude from a group or membership by decreekeep out, shut out, exclude, shut - prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"communicate - administer Communion; in church
	2.	excommunicate - oust or exclude from a group or membership by decreeexcommunicate, unchurch, curse - exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"boot out, drum out, oust, expel, kick out, throw out - remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"

excommunicate

verb expel, ban, remove, exclude, denounce, banish, eject, repudiate, proscribe, cast out, unchurch, anathematize In 1656 Spinoza was excommunicated because of his religious views.

Translations

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excommunicate

ex·com·mu·ni·cate

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ex•com•mu•ni•cate

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Synonyms for excommunicate

verb expel

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verb exclude from a church or a religious community

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Antonyms

verb oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree

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