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UNCHURCH
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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 "unchurch" 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
