Meaning & use
excommunicate
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To formally exclude someone from membership and participation in a religious community, especially the Catholic Church.
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The bishop excommunicated the priest for defying church doctrine.
Being excommunicated meant she could no longer receive the sacraments.
A note on using this word
A formal, largely religious term; used loosely and often humorously outside religion to mean being cast out of any group.
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