excommunicate
pronunciation
How to pronounce excommunicate in British English:
UK [ˌekskəˈmju:nɪkeɪt]
How to pronounce excommunicate in American English:
US [ˌekskə'mjunɪkeɪt]
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- Verb:
- exclude from a church or a religious community
- oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree
Word Origin
- excommunicate (v.)
- early 15c., from Late Latin excommunicatus, past participle of excommunicare (see excommunication). Related: Excommunicated; excommunicating.
Example
- 1. What are you doing here , you excommunicate ?
- 2. To put under a ban or an anathema ; excommunicate .
- 3. I intend to excommunicate him .
- 4. Don 't worry , I 'm not going to excommunicate you ......
- 5. In 1520 , pope leo the tenth threatened to excommunicate martin luther if he did not recant his religious beliefs .