• (British) IPA: /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət/
• (America) IPA: /ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkət/
• (British) IPA: /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
• (America) IPA: /ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkeɪt/

excommunicate (not comparable)

1. Excommunicated.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX:

     the iewes had conspyred allredy that yff eny man did confesse that he was Christ, he shulde be excommunicat out of the Sinagoge.

   • c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene i]:

     Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate.

excommunicate (plural excommunicates)

1. A person so excluded.

excommunicate (excommunicates, present participle excommunicating; past and past participle excommunicated)

1. (transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
2. (transitive, historical or figurative) To exclude from any other group; to banish.

• disfellowship
• takfir

• excommunication

• French: excommunier
• German: exkommunizieren
• Italian: scomunicare
• Portuguese: excomungar
• Russian: изгоня́ть
• Spanish: excomulgar

• French: bannir
• German: bannen, verbannen