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EXCOMMUNICATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exclude from a church or a religious community

Example:

The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner

Synonyms:

curse; excommunicate; unchurch

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "excommunicate" is one way to...):

exclude; keep out; shut; shut out (prevent from entering; shut out)

Verb group:

excommunicate (oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Antonym:

communicate (administer Communion; in church)

Derivation:

excommunication (the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society)

excommunication (the state of being excommunicated)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "excommunicate" is one way to...):

boot out; drum out; expel; kick out; oust; throw out (remove from a position or office)

Verb group:

curse; excommunicate; unchurch (exclude from a church or a religious community)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

excommunication (the state of being excommunicated)

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