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Definition of excommunicate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

excommunicate

verb

NAmE//ˌɛkskəˈmyunəˌkeɪt//

excommunicate somebody (for something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they excommunicate

he / she / it excommunicates

past simple excommunicated

-ing form excommunicating

to punish someone by officially stating that they can no longer be a member of a Christian Church, especially the Roman Catholic Church

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excommunication

NAmE//ˌɛkskəˌmyunəˈkeɪʃn//

noun [uncountable, countable] They were threatened with excommunication.See excommunicate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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