transcription, транскрипция: [ ekskəmju:nɪkeɪt ]
( excommunicates, excommunicating, excommunicated)
If a Roman Catholic or member of the Orthodox Church is excommunicated , it is publicly and officially stated that the person is no longer allowed to be a member of the Church. This is a punishment for some very great wrong that they have done.
Eventually, he was excommunicated along with his mentor...
In 1766 he excommunicated the village for its ‘depraved diversion.’
VERB : be V-ed , V n
• ex‧com‧mu‧ni‧ca‧tion
(excommunications)
...the threat of excommunication.
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