excommunicate

  • 11excommunicate — 1. adjective /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət,ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkət,ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt,ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkeɪt/ Excommunicated. the iewes had conspyred allredy that yff eny man did confesse that he was Christ, he shulde be excommunicat out of the Sinagoge. 2. noun… …

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  • 12excommunicate — Synonyms and related words: accurse, anathematize, attaint, ban, banish, blackball, blacklist, blaspheme, blast, break, bring home to, bust, cashier, cast out, censure, condemn, confound, convict, curse, cut, damn, darn, deconsecrate, defrock,… …

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  • 13excommunicate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. expel, curse, unchurch. See ejection. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. expel, oust, anathematize, unchurch; see banish 1 , damn 1 , dismiss 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. exclude, censure, bar, shut… …

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  • 14excommunicate — ex|com|mu|ni|cate [ˌekskəˈmju:nıkeıt] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of excommunicare, from communicare; COMMUNICATE] to punish someone by no longer allowing them to be a member of the Roman Catholic church… …

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  • 15excommunicate — ex|com|mu|ni|cate [ ,ekskə mjunı,keıt ] verb transitive to officially say that someone can no longer be a member of the Roman Catholic Church because they have done something that breaks its rules ╾ ex|com|mu|ni|ca|tion [ ,ekskə,mjunı keıʃn ]… …

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  • 16EXCOMMUNICATE —    to exclude or expel. Originally a form of discipline within the CHRISTIAN CHURCH whereby persistent offenders against CHRISTIAN ETHICAL standards or people who rejected ORTHODOX THEOLOGY were disfellowshiped from the CONGREGATION and publicly… …

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  • 17excommunicate — [[t]e̱kskəmju͟ːnɪkeɪt[/t]] excommunicates, excommunicating, excommunicated VERB If a Roman Catholic or member of the Orthodox Church is excommunicated, it is publicly and officially stated that the person is no longer allowed to be a member of… …

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  • 18excommunicate — ex·com·mu·ni·cate || ‚ekskÉ™ mjuːnɪkeɪt v. exclude from the rites of the church, banish, expel, ostracize …

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  • 19excommunicate — verb ˌɛkskə mju:nɪkeɪt officially exclude from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church. adjective ˌɛkskə mju:nɪkət excommunicated. noun ˌɛkskə mju:nɪkət an excommunicated person. Derivatives excommunication noun… …

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  • 20excommunicate — v. a. Dismiss or expel (from the Church), denounce, proscribe, anathematize, expel from fellowship, exscind …

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