as in to banish
to not allow (someone) to continue being a member of a group and especially the Roman Catholic church
He was excommunicated from the church for his radical practices.
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Recent Examples of excommunicate
The fraternity's national parent organization also excommunicated the chapter.
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Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026
Ex-Prince Andrew has effectively been excommunicated from the royal family as a result of his actions.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
His brother, a defrocked Catholic priest with a Cessna Skyhawk aircraft and a Lincoln Continental, was excommunicated for marrying his secretary.
—Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The student movement should have immediately excommunicated him.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
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Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026
Ex-Prince Andrew has effectively been excommunicated from the royal family as a result of his actions.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
His brother, a defrocked Catholic priest with a Cessna Skyhawk aircraft and a Lincoln Continental, was excommunicated for marrying his secretary.
—Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The student movement should have immediately excommunicated him.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excommunicate
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Under the cover of darkness, the Traitors murder the Faithful one by one in a treacherous spree while the Faithful try to uncover the Traitors and banish them from the game.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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Latz has picked up the past four saves for Texas, banishing Jakob Junis to a supporting role.—
Andy Behrens,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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The Paramount+ series follows Dwight just after he is released from prison after 25 years and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
18 May 2026
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Both agreed to be exiled, yet both still languish behind bars.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The original ordinance included Midtown, but was later amended to exclude the area.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
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Fortunately, Westman Atelier is celebrating this Memorial Day with 30% off complexion products, including the Vital Foundation Stick, Vital Skin Complexion Drops, and Vital Skincare Concealer (powders and bundles are excluded).—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
22 May 2026
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Students also pointed out to the Republic that their class syllabi had strict rules about the use of AI in academic work; Reiner said students can be punished or expelled for it.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
23 May 2026
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The ‘Spygate’ affair has resulted in Southampton being expelled from the play-offs, despite beating Middlesbrough 2-1 on aggregate in the semi-finals.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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In interviews with The Associated Press, two Spanish passengers — speaking on condition of anonymity because of fears they’ll be ostracized once on land — said that despite the outbreak, their days aboard have passed with relative tranquility.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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You are allowed to have relationships and be in the world and not be ostracized.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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White Sox manager Wil Venable was ejected for arguing the call.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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All four crew members successfully ejected and deployed parachutes.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
19 May 2026
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The court recommended that the petition be dismissed, and that the organizations be given one month to submit the employee lists.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Even the foundations of today’s artificial intelligence boom were laid by the NSF in the 1980s and 1990s, when neural networks were a backwater dismissed by mainstream computer science.—
Gautam Mukunda,
Twin Cities,
14 May 2026
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“Excommunicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excommunicate. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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