what does excommunicate mean?
EXCOMMUNICATE as VERB
- Meaning
- exclude from a church or a religious community
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Usage Example(s)
- The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
Hypernyms(s) excommunicate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree
Hypernyms(s) excommunicate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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