tr.v. ex·com·mu·ni·cat·ed, ex·com·mu·ni·cat·ing, ex·com·mu·ni·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).] ex′com·muni·ca′tive (-kā′tĭv, -kə-), ex′com·muni·ca·to′ry (-kə-tôr′ē) adj. ex′com·muni·ca′tor n. |
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