excommunicate
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
美 /ˌɛkskəˈmjunəkeɪt/
英文释义
名词 n.
- An excommunicated person.
动词 v.
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To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
— “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.
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To exclude from any other group; to banish.
— 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.
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Excommunicated.
— […]the iewes had conſpyred allredy that yff eny man did confeſſe that he was Chriſt / he ſhulde be excommunicat out of the Sinagoge.
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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