excommunicate

tr.v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.

1. To deprive of the right of church membership by ecclesiastical authority.
2. To exclude by or as if by decree from membership or participation in a group.

n. (-kĭt)
A person who has been excommunicated.

adj. (-kĭt, -kāt')
Having been excommunicated.

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

excommunicative ex'com·mu'ni·ca'tive (-kā'tĭv, -kə-) or ex'com·mu'ni·ca·to'ry (-kə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
excommunicator ex'com·mu'ni·ca'tor n.

v

Definition: banish
Antonyms: allow, include, permit, welcome

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: exclude from a church or a religious community
  Synonym: curse
  Antonym: communicate (meaning #6)

Meaning #2: oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - ekskommunikere, bandlyse
adj. - ekskommunikeret, bandlyst
n. - ekskommunikeret person, bandlyst person

Nederlands (Dutch)
excommuniceren, verbannen, geëxcommuniceerd(e)

Français (French)
v. tr. - excommunier
adj. - excommunié
n. - excommunication

Deutsch (German)
v. - exkommunizieren
adj. - ausgestoßen
n. - Ausgestoßene(r), Exkommunizierte(r)

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (θρησκ.) αφορίζω, αναθεματίζω, (μτφ.) εξοβελίζω, καθιστώ αποσυνάγωγο

Italiano (Italian)
scomunicare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - excomungar

Русский (Russian)
отлучить от церкви

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - excomulgar, anatematizar
adj. - excomunión
n. - excomunión

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bannlysa, exkommunicera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
逐出教会, 被逐出教会的, 被逐出教会的人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 逐出教會
adj. - 被逐出教會的
n. - 被逐出教會的人

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 축출하다
adj. - 축출당한
n. - 축출당한 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 破門する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحرم كنسيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮נידה, החרים‬
adj. - ‮מנודה, מוחרם‬
n. - ‮אדם שנודה‬

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