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excommunicate.

To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.

13 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/UK/ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkeɪt/US
  1. To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.

    transitive
  2. To exclude from any other group; to banish.

    figuratively · historical · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Ecclesiastical Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“excommunicate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ex- + communicate.

adj/ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət/UK/ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkət/US
  1. Excommunicated.

    archaic · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“put out of the community”). See -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumian.

noun/ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət/UK/ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkət/US
  1. An excommunicated person.

Where this word comes from

From a substantivation of the above adjective. See -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more.

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