excommunicator


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.