excommunicate, v.
(excommunicated, excommunicates, excommunicating)
freq. cnt. 2
(excommunicated, excommunicates, excommunicating)
freq. cnt. 2
exclude from a church or a religious community
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
curse excommunicate unchurch
sample sentences
"The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree
<verb.social>
excommunicate
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebody
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