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excommunicate
verb
(ex-com-mu-ni-cate)
exclude from a church or a religious community
Synonyms:
curse
,
unchurch
,
Antonyms:
communicate
,
Examples:
The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner.
excommunicate
verb
(ex-com-mu-ni-cate)
oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree
Words Related to
excommunicate
!
curse
,
ordain
,
canonize
,
laicize
,
canonise
,
defrock
,
ostracize
,
expel
,
disfellowship
,
baptise
,
ostracise
,
condemn
,
disown
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
sanctify
,
disinvite
,
disaffiliate
,
secularize
,
persecutes
,
christianize
,
disobey
,
hereticate
,
concelebrate
,
disassociate
,
proselytise
,
blaspheme
,
crucify
,
backslidden
,
scandalize
,
reconvert
,
christianise
,
reprove
,
disembowel
,
consecrates
,
punish
,
abrogate
,
blackball
,
sermonize
,
denounce
,
bless
,
vilify
,
disestablish
,
arrogate
,
chastise
,
repent
,
disbar
,
solemnize
,
canonised
,
baptizes
,
circumcise
,
bishop of rome
,
moralize
,
profanes
,
secularise
,
convoking
,
annihilate
,
recant
,
immolate
,
assassinate
,
imprison
,
flagellating
,
castrate
,
disband
,
uproot
,
aggress
,
impeach
,
abort
,
embarrass
,
smite
,
intercede
,
castigate
,
islamize
,
demonize
,
victimize
,
eject
,
bishopdom
,
deify
,
disfrock
,
kill
,
anathematizer
,
repress
,
tyrannise
,
sinning
,
abdicate
,
deport
,
supplicate
,
genuflect
,
deflower
,
mortify
,
dispope
,
chastens
,
oppress
,
exterminate
,
evangelise
,
discipled
,
bishoply
,
church of rome
,
shew
,
derecognise
,
excommunicate
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