excommunicate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/    /ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkeɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An excommunicated person.
动词 v.
  1. To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community. transitive
    — “Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It’s absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.
  2. To exclude from any other group; to banish. figuratively,historical,transitive
    — Samois includes celebate ^([sic]), heterosexual and bisexual women as well as lesbians, and I feel very strongly that this is the wisest choice. Our community is so fragile that we can't afford to fragment it by excommunicating non-lesbian women.
形容词 adj.
  1. Excommunicated. archaic,not-comparable
    — […]the iewes had conſpyred allredy that yff eny man did confeſſe that he was Chriſt / he ſhulde be excommunicat out of the Sinagoge.

词形变化

excommunicates present,singular,third-person excommunicating participle,present excommunicated participle,past excommunicated past excommunicates plural

词汇关系

词源

词源 1
From Ecclesiastical Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“excommunicate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ex- + communicate.
词源 2
From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“put out of the community”). See -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumian.
词源 3
From a substantivation of the above adjective. See -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more.
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