EXCOMMUNICATE


Meaning of EXCOMMUNICATE in English

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) ]

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