Excommunicate — Ex com*mu ni*cate, a. [L. excommunicatus, p. p. of communicare to excommunicate; ex out + communicare. See {Communicate}.] Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church. n. One excommunicated. [1913 Webster] Thou shalt stand cursed and … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Excommunicate — Ex com*mu ni*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excommunicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excommunicating}.] 1. To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence. [1913 Webster] 2. To lay… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
excommunicate — index condemn (ban), debar, eliminate (exclude), exclude, expel, isolate, relegate … Law dictionary
excommunicate — (v.) early 15c., from L.L. excommunicatus, pp. of excommunicare (see EXCOMMUNICATION (Cf. excommunication)). Related: Excommunicated; excommunicating … Etymology dictionary
excommunicate — [v] banish anathematize, ban, cast out, curse, denounce, dismiss, eject, exclude, expel, oust, proscribe, remove, repudiate, unchurch; concepts 317,367 Ant. allow, include, permit, welcome … New thesaurus
excommunicate — ► VERB ▪ officially exclude from the sacraments and services of the Christian Church. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ excommunicated. ► NOUN ▪ an excommunicated person. DERIVATIVES excommunication noun. ORIGIN Latin excommunicare, f … English terms dictionary
excommunicate — [eks΄kə myo͞o′ni kāt΄; ] for adj. & n., usually [, eks΄kə myo͞o′nikit] vt. excommunicated, excommunicating [ME excommunicaten < LL(Ec) excommunicatus, pp. of excommunicare: see EX 1 & COMMUNICATE] to exclude, by an act of ecclesiastical… … English World dictionary
excommunicate — UK [ˌekskəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt] / US [ˌekskəˈmjunɪˌkeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms excommunicate : present tense I/you/we/they excommunicate he/she/it excommunicates present participle excommunicating past tense excommunicated past participle… … English dictionary
excommunicate — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin excommunicatus, past participle of excommunicare, from Latin ex + Late Latin communicare to communicate Date: 15th century to subject to excommunication • excommunicator noun II.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
excommunicate — excommunicator, n. v. /eks keuh myooh ni kayt /; n., adj. /eks keuh myooh ni kit, kayt /, v., excommunicated, excommunicating, n., adj. v.t. 1. to cut off from communion with a church or exclude from the sacraments of a church by ecclesiastical… … Universalium
