EXCOMMUNICATED Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

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.

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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

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Most of us reach for breezy linen pants and flowy maxi dresses during summer, leaving our denim banished to the back of the closet.

— Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
Calypso had been banished to live on the island of Ogygia after the Olympians defeated the Titans long ago.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026

Definition of banished

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Joe, a Geordie exiled to Yorkshire in search of work, regaled his son with stories of Jackie Milburn and the three FA Cup triumphs of the 1950s.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
And last year’s constitutional reforms had already established a one-party system in a country where opposition leaders no longer exist, because they have been exiled.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Definition of exiled

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Most systems gradually lose efficiency over 15 to 20 years, and routine mechanical breakdowns, corrosion, rust and deferred maintenance are almost always excluded.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Parents miss work when their child is sick or excluded from school after being exposed.

— Brian Castrucci, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of excluded

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After coming into power, the Malian military junta expelled French forces from the country in 2022, citing protection of national sovereignty and a worsening security crisis.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
It was obtained by James Dale, who was expelled from the Boy Scouts in the early 1990s for being gay and later sued over discrimination.

— Jamie Stengle, Fortune, 31 July 2026

Definition of expelled

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Some are more comfortable than others with staging the show, like high schoolers Bones and Megan, best friends who have grounded heads on their shoulders about how they’ve been ostracized by their broader communities.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 July 2026
Three years later, censured by his Senate colleagues, ostracized by his party, and ignored by the press, McCarthy drank himself to death, a broken man at the age of 48.

— Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026

Definition of ostracized

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But that conviction was dismissed after the revelation that a juror in the trial had not disclosed a domestic violence incident in her own background in order to win a seat on the panel, The Denver Post reports.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Defense attorneys also should not be able to reference the felony charges dismissed after video showed agents’ falsehoods.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026

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