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 In response, Luther publicly burned the papal bull threatening excommunication (and was indeed promptly excommunicated). — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Oct. 2026 When Lorre and his then-wife, Paula, decided to finally quit the church, they were immediately excommunicated by their Scientology friends. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excommunicated
  1. banished
  2. exiled
  3. excluded
  4. expelled
  5. ostracized
  6. ejected
  7. dismissed
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  • These cases include the current lawsuit by CNN, MS NOW and Politico, whose journalists were banished from the White House in September.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Some ideas stay banished, while others return in new, exciting ways, giving homes a refresh that still feels familiar.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of banished
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  • Karen would absolutely be a Catherine Zeta-Jones character who has been exiled to Arrakis following a particularly contentious divorce.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Dahlan had previously been driven from Gaza by Hamas and was exiled in 2010 after a falling-out with Abbas.
    — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of exiled
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  • This makes the card significantly more rewarding for travelers, as the credit can be applied toward broad in-flight expenses, including Wi-Fi, which was explicitly excluded under the old discount system.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • As for the wrestler’s third wife Sky Daily — under Florida law, as surviving spouse — she is entitled to one‑third of her late husband’s estate even if the will or trust excluded her.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of excluded
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  • Palestinian citizens of Israel – who make up 20% of the population – are descendants of Palestinians who were not expelled or forced to flee their homes when Israel was established in 1948.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
  • At the time, hundreds of thousands more fled or were expelled from their homes.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of expelled
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  • In this storybook little village she is ostracized, acknowledged negatively by the town’s men for her fishy smell, insulted regularly when not being totally ignored.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Jason is attending Crystal Lake, where he’s ostracized by his fellow campers on account of his facial deformities.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of ostracized
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  • The safety overhaul comes less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was ejected from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The theme park operator announced the extra safeguard less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem of Atlanta died after being ejected from his seat on the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.
    — Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of ejected
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  • The North has denied responsibility for the incident and dismissed Seoul's demand to apologize and remove its remaining mines.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Three weeks before the election, the chairman of Israel’s Central Elections Committee dismissed the case, but the AID Coalition agreed not to buy more blocks on additional flights.
    — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of dismissed

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