excommunicate

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The hermits self-excommunicate -- Liability to create a schism -- S. Paul --

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  1. transitive verb To deprive of the right of church membership by ecclesiastical authority.
  2. transitive verb To exclude by or as if by decree from membership or participation in a group.
  3. noun A person who has been excommunicated.

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  1. Middle English excommunicaten, from Late Latin excommūnicāre, excommūnicāt- : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin commūnicāre, to share (from commūnis, common; see common).

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  1. from Late Latin excommunicatus, past participle of excommunicare, expel from communion, from Latin ex, out, + communicare, communicate: see communicate.
  2. from Late Latin excommunicatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/ɛkskəˈmjunɪkeɪt/
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