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.
Derivatives:
excommunication n. excommunicative adj. excommunicator n. excommunicatory adj.
Etymology: L excommunicare -atus (as EX-(1), communis COMMON)