What is "excommunicate" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does excommunicate mean in English? Meaning of excommunicate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "excommunicate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "excommunicate": exclude from a church or a religious community

Verb

  • Meaning: exclude from a church or a religious community
  • Example: The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
  • Synonyms: curse excommunicate unchurch
  • Hypernyms: exclude keep out shut shut out
  • Antonyms: communicate
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkeɪt/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/

    Meaning of "excommunicate": oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree

    Verb

  • Meaning: oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree
  • Synonyms: excommunicate
  • Hypernyms: boot out drum out expel kick out oust throw out
  • Pronunciation in US: /ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkeɪt/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/

  • Adjective: Excommunicated. 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX: the iewes had conspyred allredy that yff eny man did confesse that he was Christ, he shulde be excommunicat out of the Sinagoge. Shakespeare Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate.1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX: the iewes had conspyred allredy that yff eny man did confesse that he was Christ, he shulde be excommunicat out of the Sinagoge.Shakespeare Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate.
  • Synonyms:

    oust, curse, eject, expel, repudiate, proscribe, dismiss, denounce, remove, ban, exclude, anathematize, unchurch, cast out,

    Antonyms:

    permit, welcome, include, praise, hold, keep, take in, admit, allow, approve, accept,

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