Synonyms of excommunicated

excommunicated

verb

past tense of excommunicate

as in banished

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.

Related Words

• banished
• exiled
• excluded
• expelled
• ostracized
• ejected
• dismissed
• rejected
• spurned
• repudiated
• deported
• eliminated
• relegated
• evicted
• expatriated
• cast out
• kicked out
• displaced
• ousted
• ran out
• expulsed
• transported
• dispossessed
• threw out

Dissimilar Words

• received
• admitted
• accepted
• repatriated
• naturalized
• took in

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of excommunicated

Michael Goldade, one of the new bishops the Vatican excommunicated, grew up there. — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026

In the late 1980s, its ‌founder ⁠Marcel Lefebvre consecrated four bishops without the approval of Pope John Paul II, leading those involved to be excommunicated. — Reuters, NBC news, 5 July 2026

Wednesday's ceremony came 38 years to the day after Lefebvre was excommunicated alongside those four bishops — including Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta, who led Wednesday's consecrations and was again excommunicated Thursday. — Noah Labelle, NPR, 2 July 2026

Six bishops and hundreds of priests belonging to the society have been excommunicated. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 2 July 2026

Vatican decree targeted bishops and faithful In a decree, the Vatican excommunicated the four new bishops and the two existing SSPX bishops who participated in the ceremony. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

In a decree, the Vatican excommunicated the four new bishops and the two bishops who participated in the ceremony. — ABC News, 2 July 2026

The Vatican said on July 2 that priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo's approval were in schism with the wider Church and now excommunicated. — Joshua McElwee, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Many of those on the list were members of Table Rock Church, which had excommunicated the couple. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 23 Apr. 2026