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 student movement should have immediately excommunicated him.
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Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
The Harmses had been excommunicated from the church, and a current and a former church leader obtained protection orders, Bleazard said.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 27 Sep. 2025
Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
The Harmses had been excommunicated from the church, and a current and a former church leader obtained protection orders, Bleazard said.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excommunicated
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The man in the suit, banished from Faik Ağa, had taken up a spot at Irfan’s café.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Located next to the Rainbow Room where Eleven honed her telekinetic skills—and banished Henry to the Upside Down—the office is filled with notebooks.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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Campbell was exiled after that, sent back to Worcester four days later never to return to Boston.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Dharamshala is best known internationally as the seat of the Dalai Lama, who has been based there since being exiled from Tibet in 1959.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Trump levied his greatest assault against the international economic order, announcing the most expansive set of tariffs in American history on both autocratic adversaries and America’s closest democratic allies in April 2025 (Russia was strikingly excluded).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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ISPs without a 2-gig or faster tier were excluded to ensure the rankings reflect the top-performing, next-generation networks available in 2025.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Mahmood Mamdani, the mayor-elect’s father, is a Columbia University professor and political scientist originally from Uganda who was expelled by dictator Idi Amin.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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The campaign began with an air offensive in January 1991, followed by a swift ground assault that expelled Iraqi forces within 100 hours.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Far from being ostracized, Palestinian leaders are being courted by statesmen even while hostages remain in Gaza—even while Hamas openly vows to repeat October 7 again and again.—
Aviva Klompas,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Hamas watched in recent months as Israel has become increasingly ostracized.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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After a replay review, Bane was ejected from the game after being assessed both a technical foul and a flagrant foul for his transgression.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Of the eight monkeys that were ejected from their cages, five were killed in the hunt for them and three remained on the loose before Sunday.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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India lost its review in desperation to get Wolvaardt dismissed, and then gambled with Verma’s gentle off-breakers.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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The lawsuit was dismissed in March after a judge found the group had no standing to pursue the claims made.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Excommunicated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excommunicated. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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