adj · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət/
US:/ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkət/
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UK:/ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Excommunicated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An excommunicated person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: excommunicant, excommunicatee
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To exclude from any other group; to banish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, historical, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
exclude from a church or a religious community
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unchurch, curse
Antonyms: communicate
Broader terms: exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
6
verb
Meaning 6
oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“put out of the community”). See -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumian.
From a substantivation of the above adjective. See -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more.
From Ecclesiastical Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“excommunicate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ex- + communicate.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
حَرَمَ
(ḥarama)
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Armenian:
բանադրել
(banadrel)
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Bulgarian:
отлъчвам от църквата
(otlǎčvam ot cǎrkvata)
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Catalan:
excomunicar
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Danish:
ekskommunikere
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Esperanto:
ekskomuniki
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
French:
excommunier
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Old French:
escumengier
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
German:
exkommunizieren
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Greek:
αφορίζω
(aforízo)
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Hungarian:
kiközösít
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Italian:
scomunicare
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Japanese:
破門
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Latin:
excommunicare
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Macedonian:
изопшти
(izopšti)
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Macedonian:
екскомуницира
(ekskomunicira)
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Norwegian Bokmål:
ekskommunisere
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Norwegian Bokmål:
lyse i bann
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Norwegian Bokmål:
bannlyse
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Norwegian Bokmål:
utelukke fra den katolske kirke
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Norwegian Nynorsk:
ekskommunisere
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Norwegian Nynorsk:
lyse i bann
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bannlyse
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bannlysa
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Norwegian Nynorsk:
stengje ute frå den katolske kyrkja
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Old English:
āmǣnsumian
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Polish:
ekskomunikować
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Polish:
potępiać
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Polish:
potępić
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Polish:
wyklinać
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Polish:
wykląć
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Portuguese:
excomungar
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Russian:
изгоня́ть
(izgonjátʹ)
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Russian:
изгна́ть
(izgnátʹ)
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Russian:
выгоня́ть
(vygonjátʹ)
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Russian:
вы́гнать
(výgnatʹ)
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Russian:
отлуча́ть
(otlučátʹ)
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Russian:
отлучи́ть
(otlučítʹ)
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Serbo-Croatian:
ekskomunicírati
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Serbo-Croatian:
izòpćiti
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Spanish:
excomulgar
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Thai:
บัพพาชนียกรรม
(bàp-paa-chá-nii-yá-gam)
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Welsh:
esgymuno
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
Welsh:
diaelodi
— to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community
French:
bannir
— to exclude from any other group; to banish
German:
bannen
— to exclude from any other group; to banish
German:
verbannen
— to exclude from any other group; to banish
Hungarian:
kiközösít
— to exclude from any other group; to banish
Thai:
บัพพาชนียกรรม
(bàp-paa-chá-nii-yá-gam)
— to exclude from any other group; to banish