excommunicate

From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“put out of the community”).

Adjective and Noun:

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkət/

Verb:

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkeɪt/

excommunicate (not comparable)

1. Excommunicated.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX:

     the iewes had conspyred allredy that yff eny man did confesse that he was Christ, he shulde be excommunicat out of the Sinagoge.

   • Shakespeare

     Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate.

excommunicate (plural excommunicates)

1. A person so excluded.

excommunicate (third-person singular simple present excommunicates, present participle excommunicating, simple past and past participle excommunicated)

1. (transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 17, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     “Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.

2. (transitive, historical or figuratively) To exclude from any other group; to banish.

• disfellowship
• takfir

• excommunication