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excommunicate(2)(dictionary)
excommunicate(dictionary)

excommunicate(2) (iou)



excommunicate verb trans. LME.
[ecclesiastical Latin excommunicat- pa. ppl stem of excommunicare, from EX-1 1 + Latin communis COMMON adjective, after communicare COMMUNICATE verb: see -ATE3.]
Sentence to exclusion from the Christian sacraments or from communication with the faithful; expel from a religious society or community.
excommunicative adjective = excommunicatory E19.
excommunicator noun a person who excommunicates M17.
excommunicatory adjective expressing excommunication; (of a person) disposed to excommunicate: E17.