Definition of Excommunicate
Excommunicate
ex·com·mu·ni·cate


Definition/Meaning
(verb)
to officially forbid someone from participating in the sacraments and/or attending church services, especially in Roman Catholicism;

e.g. His heretical words and actions caused the church to excommunicate him.

(noun)
a person who is excommunicated;

e.g. The arrest of the excommunicate took everyone by surprise.



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