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Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb eks-kuh-myoo-ni-keyt; noun, adjective eks-kuh-myoo-ni-kit, -keyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌɛks kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪt; noun, adjective ˌɛks kəˈmyu nɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt

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Origin :
  • early 15c., from Late Latin excommunicatus, past participle of excommunicare (see excommunication). Related: Excommunicated; excommunicating.
  • verb banish
Example sentences :
  • I do not know whether he did not even threaten to excommunicate all of us, living and dead.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Suppose the Pope were to excommunicate one of the two brothers.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • She was a heretic whom any Court of Love must excommunicate.
  • Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • The whole world may excommunicate me—I don't trouble myself!
  • Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer
  • We should excommunicate rich and poor alike, and pretty freely too.
  • Extract from : « The Way of All Flesh » by Samuel Butler
  • He comes to scoff and does not remain to pray, but rather to excommunicate.
  • Extract from : « What I Saw in America » by G. K. Chesterton
  • As he was the father, it fell to him to rebuke his son and to excommunicate him for his sin.
  • Extract from : « Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II » by Martin Luther
  • The pope has made a bull to excommunicate all those who use tobacco in the churches.
  • Extract from : « Popular Education » by Ira Mayhew
  • They said, you did excommunicate prisoners for taking the bond.
  • Extract from : « Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) » by John Howie
  • Then he solemnly pronounced her excommunicate and cut off from the body of the Church.
  • Extract from : « Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc » by Mark Twain

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