/ ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt; NAmE / verb
[ vn ] excommunicate sb (for sth) to punish sb by officially stating that they can no longer be a member of a Christian Church, especially the Roman Catholic Church
► ex·com·mu·ni·ca·tion / ˌekskəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn; NAmE / noun [ U , C ]
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from ecclesiastical Latin excommunicat- excluded from communication with the faithful, from the verb excommunicare , from ex- out + Latin communis common to all, on the pattern of Latin communicare to share.