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excommunicate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Christianity
ex·com·mu·ni·cate /ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ verb [transitive]  RRCto punish someone by no longer allowing them to be a member of the Roman Catholic church 开除的天主教教籍excommunication /ˌekskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]
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Examples from the Corpus
excommunicateOne influential local bishop warned that women who sought abortion would be excommunicated.The second excommunicated all clergy who did homage to laymen for ecclesiastical possessions, as well as those who associated with them afterwards.You'd have us excommunicated and hanged inside a month.They say that local field workers now worry about being excommunicated by the Church.If Miguel were excommunicated, Careta would probably turn his back on him if he saw him on the street.He was excommunicated from the Pack.When Ambrose heard of this he excommunicated Theodosius and refused to give him the sacraments until he had done public penance.
Origin excommunicate (1400-1500) Late Latin past participle of excommunicare, from communicare; → COMMUNICATE
ex·com·mu·ni·cate verbChineseSyllable
Corpus no to them allowing punish longer to someone by


excommunicate
excommunicate /ˌekskəˈmjuːnəkeɪt, ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ verb [transitive]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: 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
—excommunication /ˌekskəmjuːnəˈkeɪʃən, ˌekskəmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]


ex·com·mu·ni·cateBrE /ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they excommunicate BrE /ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it excommunicates BrE /ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪts/ 🔊past simple excommunicated BrE /ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle excommunicated BrE /ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form excommunicating BrE /ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb (for sth) to punish sb by officially stating that they can no longer be a member of a Christian Church, especially the Roman Catholic Church (尤指天主教)绝罚(开除教籍) ex·com·mu·ni·ca·tion BrE /ˌekskəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌekskəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable]