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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EXCOMMUNICATE

From Late Latin excommūnicāre, literally: to exclude from the community, from Latin commūniscommon.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EXCOMMUNICATE

excommunicate  [ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXCOMMUNICATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Excommunicate is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb excommunicate in English.

WHAT DOES EXCOMMUNICATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

excommunicate

Excommunication

Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it, such as the reception to Holy Communion. Some Protestants use the term disfellowship instead. The word excommunication means putting a specific individual or group out of communion. In some religions, excommunication includes spiritual condemnation of the member or group. Excommunication may involve banishment, shunning, and shaming, depending on the religion, the offense that caused excommunication, or the rules or norms of the religious community. The grave act is often remedied by sincere penance, public recantation, sometimes through the Sacrament of Confession, piety, and/or through mortification of the flesh.

Definition of excommunicate in the English dictionary

The first definition of excommunicate in the dictionary is to sentence to exclusion from the communion of believers and from the privileges and public prayers of the Church. Other definition of excommunicate is having incurred such a sentence. Excommunicate is also an excommunicated person.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EXCOMMUNICATE

PRESENT

Present
I excommunicate
you excommunicate
he/she/it excommunicates
we excommunicate
you excommunicate
they excommunicate
Present continuous
I am excommunicating
you are excommunicating
he/she/it is excommunicating
we are excommunicating
you are excommunicating
they are excommunicating
Present perfect
I have excommunicated
you have excommunicated
he/she/it has excommunicated
we have excommunicated
you have excommunicated
they have excommunicated
Present perfect continuous
I have been excommunicating
you have been excommunicating
he/she/it has been excommunicating
we have been excommunicating
you have been excommunicating
they have been excommunicating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I excommunicated
you excommunicated
he/she/it excommunicated
we excommunicated
you excommunicated
they excommunicated
Past continuous
I was excommunicating
you were excommunicating
he/she/it was excommunicating
we were excommunicating
you were excommunicating
they were excommunicating
Past perfect
I had excommunicated
you had excommunicated
he/she/it had excommunicated
we had excommunicated
you had excommunicated
they had excommunicated
Past perfect continuous
I had been excommunicating
you had been excommunicating
he/she/it had been excommunicating
we had been excommunicating
you had been excommunicating
they had been excommunicating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will excommunicate
you will excommunicate
he/she/it will excommunicate
we will excommunicate
you will excommunicate
they will excommunicate
Future continuous
I will be excommunicating
you will be excommunicating
he/she/it will be excommunicating
we will be excommunicating
you will be excommunicating
they will be excommunicating
Future perfect
I will have excommunicated
you will have excommunicated
he/she/it will have excommunicated
we will have excommunicated
you will have excommunicated
they will have excommunicated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been excommunicating
you will have been excommunicating
he/she/it will have been excommunicating
we will have been excommunicating
you will have been excommunicating
they will have been excommunicating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would excommunicate
you would excommunicate
he/she/it would excommunicate
we would excommunicate
you would excommunicate
they would excommunicate
Conditional continuous
I would be excommunicating
you would be excommunicating
he/she/it would be excommunicating
we would be excommunicating
you would be excommunicating
they would be excommunicating
Conditional perfect
I would have excommunicate
you would have excommunicate
he/she/it would have excommunicate
we would have excommunicate
you would have excommunicate
they would have excommunicate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been excommunicating
you would have been excommunicating
he/she/it would have been excommunicating
we would have been excommunicating
you would have been excommunicating
they would have been excommunicating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you excommunicate
we let´s excommunicate
you excommunicate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to excommunicate
Past participle
excommunicated
Present Participle
excommunicating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXCOMMUNICATE


abdicate
ˈæbdɪˌkeɪt
authenticate
ɔːˈθɛntɪˌkeɪt
canonicate
kəˈnɒnɪˌkeɪt
communicate
kəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt
complicate
ˈkɒmplɪˌkeɪt
dedicate
ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt
domesticate
dəˈmɛstɪˌkeɪt
eradicate
ɪˈrædɪˌkeɪt
fabricate
ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪt
fornicate
ˈfɔːnɪˌkeɪt
implicate
ˈɪmplɪˌkeɪt
indicate
ˈɪndɪˌkeɪt
intercommunicate
ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt
intoxicate
ɪnˈtɒksɪˌkeɪt
lubricate
ˈluːbrɪˌkeɪt
overcommunicate
ˌəʊvəkəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt
predicate
ˈprɛdɪˌkeɪt
replicate
ˈrɛplɪˌkeɪt
sonicate
ˈsɒnɪˌkeɪt
specificate
spɪˈsɪfɪˌkeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXCOMMUNICATE

exclusivism
exclusivist
exclusivity
exclusory
excogitable
excogitate
excogitation
excogitative
excogitator
excommunicable
excommunication
excommunicative
excommunicator
excommunicatory
excommunion
excoriate
excoriation
excorticate
excortication
excrecencies

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXCOMMUNICATE

aluminosilicate
applicate
birth certificate
borosilicate
certificate
clearance certificate
death certificate
delicate
duplicate
in triplicate
insurance certificate
intricate
locate
marriage certificate
orthosilicate
share certificate
silicate
silver certificate
stock certificate
syndicate
triplicate

Synonyms and antonyms of excommunicate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EXCOMMUNICATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «excommunicate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of excommunicate

Translation of «excommunicate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXCOMMUNICATE

Find out the translation of excommunicate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of excommunicate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «excommunicate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

破门
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

excomulgar
570 millions of speakers

English

excommunicate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समाज से बहिष्कृत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المطرود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отлучить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

excomungar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমাজচু্যত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

excommunier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Excommunicate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

exkommunizieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

破門
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파문
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Excommunicate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sa thải
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சமூகத்திலிருந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाळीत टाकणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aforoz etmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scomunicare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ekskomuniki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відлучити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

excomunica
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αφορίσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ekskommunikeer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

exkommunicerar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bannlyse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of excommunicate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCOMMUNICATE»

The term «excommunicate» is regularly used and occupies the 74.943 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCOMMUNICATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about excommunicate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXCOMMUNICATE»

Discover the use of excommunicate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to excommunicate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Summa Theologica, Volume 5 (Part III, Second Section & ...
FIRST ARTICLE We proceed thus to the First Article:— Objection 1, It would seem that every priest can excommunicate. For excommunication Is an act of the keys. But every priest has the keys. Therefore every priest can excommunicate.
St Thomas Aquinas, 2013
2
History of the Christian Church
Accursed be they at home and excommunicate abroad; accursed in standing and excommunicate in sitting; accursed in eating, accursed in drinking, accursed in sleeping, and excommunicate in waking; accursed when they work and ...
Philip Schaff, David Schley Schaff, 1908
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The Forum
In the East be they aocursed, and in the West disinherited; in the North interdicted , and in the South excommunicate. Be they aecumed in the day-time, and excommunicate in the night-time. Ac. cursed be they at home and excommunicate ...
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The Christian Quarterly
In the East be they accursed, and in the West disinherited ; in the North interdicted, and in the South excommunicate. Be they accursed in the day-time, and excommunicate in the night-time. Accursed be they at home, and excommunicate ...
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History of the Christian Church: Mediaeval Christianity from ...
Be they accursed in the day-time and excommunicate in the night-time. Accursed be they at home and excommunicate abroad; accursed in standing and excommunicate in sitting ; accursed in eating, accursed in drinking, accursed in sleeping ...
Philip Schaff, David Schley Schaff, 1890
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The Whole Works of the Rev. John Lightfoot: Master of ...
permitted the excommunicate person to deal in the law : but to the person anathematized, it is forbidden. But he expounds by himself." Thirdly, He that turns over the Talmudical authors, shall very often observe, that a person ' excommunicate,' ...
John Lightfoot, John Rogers Pitman, 1823
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The whole works of ... John Lightfoot, ed. by J.R. Pitman
permitted the excommunicate person to deal in the law : but to the person anathematized, it is forbidden. But he expounds by himself." Thirdly, He that turns over the Talmudical authors, shall very often observe, that a person ' excommunicate,' ...
John Lightfoot, John Rogers Pitman, 1823
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History of the Christian Church, Volume IV: Mediaeval ...
Let them be accursed in the four quarters of the earth. In the East be they accursed, and in the West disinherited; in the North interdicted, and in the South excommunicate. Be they accursed in the day-time and excommunicate in the night-time.
Philip Schaff
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The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution
It is therefore ordered, that whosoever shall stand excommunicate for the space of 6 months, without laboring what in him or her lveth to bee restored, such person shall bee presented to the Court of Assistants, and there proceeded with by fine ...
Roger Williams, Samuel Lunt Caldwell, 1867
10
Synopsis papismi, or, a General view of the papacy: with ...
Oxoniens. sub Stephano. [Id. torn. 3. p. 764.] But it is their use, to excommunicate at the first, without any other admonition. 9. It hath been the use, that for public and notorious sins men should be excommunicate : Concil. Cabilon. sub Carol, c.
John Cumming, 1852

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXCOMMUNICATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term excommunicate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Israel tells Reform Jews: You're not really Jewish, but your money is …
What made Azoulay believe he had the authority to excommunicate Reform Jews? Part of it has to do with the ultra-Orthodox monopoly on ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
2
ISIS: Un-Islamic state?
The popular call to unanimously excommunicate ISIS, vying to decrease the lure of the organisation for youngsters, is the Muslim world's ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
3
Hezbollahs Man in London: The Improbable Rise of Wild-Eyed …
... Raed Salah, or some kind of Ku Klux Klan-style militia that matched Hezbollah goose step for goose step, the left would excommunicate him. «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
4
7 Reasons Why Scott Disick Is Actually The Good Guy In His …
... and healthy thing for any parent), waits for him to snap, run away, and overindulge, and then threatens to excommunicate him from the family. «Bustle, Jul 15»
5
Sulu doubles down: All I meant to say is that Clarence Thomas is a …
... position on slavery and inherent dignity is as follows — and then presuming to excommunicate Thomas from “authentic blackness” because, ... «Hot Air, Jul 15»
6
'Disturbing and upsetting' Jews For Jesus shop opens in Hendon
... followed other Gods, yet I don't read that their fellow Jews cut them off, may have disapproved yes but didn't excommunicate them. Terry von ... «Jewish News, Jul 15»
7
Stage 2 Statehood: Anticipating the State of Israel's Coming of Age
Yet Israel's electoral system and parliamentary impotence make a mockery of democracy and excommunicate the state's Judaic character. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
8
Stop Trying to Be Good — Be Black
... for having numerous out-of-wedlock births, to the point it seems we'd sooner excommunicate her from the community than figure out ways to ... «Mic, Jun 15»
9
Ignore Them at Your Peril: The (Missing?) Strategic Narrative of ISIS
This practice, aimed at other Sunnis—nationalists, communists, Baathists, and so on, amounts to ISIS giving itself the right to excommunicate ... «ISN, Jun 15»
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The Imperative of a Comprehensive Strategy to Fight Violent …
Based on this misrepresentation, they set out to totally reject all other rival religious narratives and excommunicate those they deemed different ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»

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