Verb: excommunicate ,eks-ku'myoo-nu,keyt
- Exclude from a church or a religious community
"The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner";
- unchurch, curse
- Oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree
"The church excommunicated the heretic for his blasphemous teachings"
Derived forms: excommunicated, excommunicates, excommunicating
Type of: boot out [informal], drum out, exclude, expel, keep out, kick out [informal], oust, shut, shut out, throw out, turf out [Brit, informal]
Encyclopedia: Excommunicate