v., adj., & n. Eccl.
v.tr. officially exclude (a person) from participation in the sacraments, or from formal communion with the Church.
adj. excommunicated.
n. an excommunicated person. excommunication n. excommunicative adj. excommunicator n. excommunicatory adj.
[ L excommunicare -atus (as EX-(1), communis COMMON) ]