Definition of Excommunicate

to be banished from a church

Examples of Excommunicate in a sentence

In history, officials have decided to excommunicate prominent religious leaders because of their wrongdoings.  🔊

Some leaders were strongly persuaded to excommunicate priests due to pressure from the town’s angry citizens.  🔊

When officials decided to excommunicate the priest or minister, he would usually go into seclusion or move away.  🔊

When you excommunicate a priest, he is rarely allowed to come back into the cathedral.  🔊

Sometimes simple disagreements between the priest and the powerful king causes him to excommunicate the priest instantly.  🔊

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