excommunicate

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
2. (figuratively, historical, transitive) To exclude from any other group; to banish.

Adj

Excommunicated.

Noun

An excommunicated person.

Synonyms

expel

unchurch

banish

ostracize

curse

shun

exile

decouple

deport

descry

differentiate

discriminate

disentangle

disestablish

disjoin

dismiss

disperse

dissociate

distinguish

disunite

drive out

drop

eject

evict

exclude

fire

🔥

force out

isolate

keep apart

know

mark

ostracise

outcaste

put out

reject

remove

resolve

secern

segregate

send down

separate

separate off

separate out

sequester

sequestrate

set apart

snub

sunder

uncouple

unfrock

Translations

excommunier

excomulgar

exkommunizieren

scomunicare

excomungar

excommuniceren

αφορίζω

excomunicar

excommunicare

αναθεματίζω

abolir

aforoz etmek

cemaatten tardetmek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət/

Etymology

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