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ex·com·mu·ni·cate
[v. eks-kuh-myoo-ni-keyt; n., adj. eks-kuh-myoo-ni-kit, -keyt] verb, ex·com·mu·ni·cat·ed, ex·com·mu·ni·cat·ing, noun, adjective verb (used with object)
1.
to cut off from communion with a church or exclude from the sacraments of a church by ecclesiastical sentence.
2.
to exclude or expel from membership or participation in any group, association, etc.: an advertiser excommunicated from a newspaper.
noun
3.
an excommunicated person.
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Ex-communicate
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adjective
4.
cut off from communion with a church; excommunicated.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English excommunicaten (v.) < Late Latin excommūnicātus literally, put out of the community (past participle of excommūnicāre), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + commūn(is) common, public + -ic- (by analogy with commūnicāre to communicate) + -ātus -ate1
1375–1425; late Middle English excommunicaten (v.) < Late Latin excommūnicātus literally, put out of the community (past participle of excommūnicāre), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + commūn(is) common, public + -ic- (by analogy with commūnicāre to communicate) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
ex·com·mu·ni·ca·tor, noun
un·ex·com·mu·ni·cat·ed, adjective
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