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ex·com·mu·ni·cate
 excommunicate
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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
excommunicates, excommunicating, excommunicated |
| definition: |
to exclude, by formal order, from the privileges of membership and communion in the Roman Catholic Church.
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| related words: |
anathematize, banish, transport |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
one who has been excommunicated.
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| related words: |
anathema |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
excommunicated.
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| derivations: |
excommunication (n.), excommunicator (n.) |
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