Definition of "excommunicate"

excommunicate

/ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət/

adjective
not comparable
1. Excommunicated.
  Quotations
  […] the iewes had conſpyred allredy that yff eny man did confeſſe that he was Chriſt / he ſhulde be excommunicat out of the Sinagoge.
  1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], John ix:, folio cxxxiiij, verso
  Thou ſhalt ſtand curſt, and excommunicate […]
  c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene i], page 9, column 2
noun
plural excommunicates
1. An excommunicated person.
verb
third-person singular simple present excommunicates, present participle excommunicating, simple past and past participle excommunicated
1. (transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
  Quotations
  “Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It’s absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.
  1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXXVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 294
2. (transitive, historical or figurative) To exclude from any other group; to banish.
  Quotations
  Although our Macs served us well, in those early, dark years Macintosh users were effectively excommunicated by the computer establishment.
  1987, InfoWorld, volume 9, number 37, page 46

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