Definition of Excommunicate
Excommunicate
ex·com·mu·ni·cate
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
to officially forbid someone from participating in the sacraments and/or attending church services, especially in Roman Catholicism;
e.g. His heretical words and actions caused the church to excommunicate him.
(noun)
a person who is excommunicated;
e.g. The arrest of the excommunicate took everyone by surprise.
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