excommunicate
ExcommunicatedExcommunicated.
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» Tom was excommunicated from the cult.
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1 senses(archaic, not comparable)Excommunicated.
Examples
7 sentencesTom was excommunicated from the cult.
He was excommunicated.
deEr wurde exkommuniziert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
She was excommunicated.
deSie wurde exkommuniziert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Karl was excommunicated.
Ziri was excommunicated from the fold of Islam.
Origin
From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommFrom Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“put out of the community”). See -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumian.
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