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
The Vatican promptly excommunicated Lefebvre and the four other bishops, and the group today still has no legal status in the Catholic Church.
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Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 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
Viganò — who though excommunicated, is allowed to keep his Archbishop title — has been present on the set of the sequel that is currently doing exterior shoots in various locations south of Rome.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
The fraternity's national parent organization also excommunicated the chapter.
—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
Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 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
Viganò — who though excommunicated, is allowed to keep his Archbishop title — has been present on the set of the sequel that is currently doing exterior shoots in various locations south of Rome.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
The fraternity's national parent organization also excommunicated the chapter.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excommunicated
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By 2006, the screwworm was banished from Panama.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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In Nepal, where menstruation stigma still leads some women and girls to be banished to mud huts during their periods, reusable cups have been life-changing.—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Unmoored from the family unit, and inflated by success and ambition, she is left to roam the rainy hills like a beast that has exiled itself from conventional society.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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If Sorsby was caught betting on his own team back in these days, the NCAA probably would have exiled him to Mongolia, but times have changed.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
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Programs such as Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return or Community Cats are either embraced and included on that county level or they are excluded and ignored.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2026
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Taxes and agents’ fees, as well as transfer fees, were also excluded.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
11 June 2026
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Many also reference Oscarville, a predominantly Black community whose residents were violently expelled from Forsyth County in 1912 before the land was eventually submerged beneath the lake decades later.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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However, just two days before Spain’s opening game against Portugal, Lopetegui was fired and expelled from the team camp.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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And one winner after another used their time at the microphone to praise the theater industry’s history of providing refuge for people who have been ostracized or othered.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
8 June 2026
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Hernandez's own former volleyball teammates Hadeel Hazameh and Alyssa McPherson were allegedly ostracized and targeted after taking a stand against the athlete in the fall.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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Earlier in the tournament, he was ejected for kicking Panama player Ricardo Phillips during play along the sideline.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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In 2020, Hammon became the first woman to serve as head coach in a game, taking over after Popovich got ejected.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
9 June 2026
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All of which spilled into public view at the City Council meeting, with commissioners claiming that, after numerous meetings, the mayor’s office dismissed their concerns and recommendations for this particular reappointment to the board.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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Iraqi courts later dismissed charges against him, and Baghdad released him in 2012.—
Eric Mack,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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“Excommunicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excommunicated. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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