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excommunicate
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[ verb ] (religion) exclude from a church or a religious community
Synonyms Examples "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" Used in print (Perry Miller "Theodore Parker: Apostasy within Liberalism"...)Parker was never excommunicated . (Huston Smith, "Interfaith Communication: The...)The Roman_Catholic_Church has excommunicated one of its priests , Father_Feeney , for insisting that there is no salvation outside the visible church . Related terms |
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[ verb ] oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree
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