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Excommunicate is an English word with synonyms like oust or communicate. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Excommunicate in a sentence

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Excommunicate | Excommunicated

Excommunicate meaning

  1. To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
  2. To exclude from any other group; to banish.

Synonyms of Excommunicate

unchurch kick out boot out drum out throw out oust communicate shut shut out keep out exclude curse expel

Related words

Other words often associated with Excommunicate or its synonyms:

remove displace move admit eject keep prevent affliction execration except supplant intercommunicate

Using Excommunicate

  • The main meaning on this page is: To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community. | To exclude from any other group; to banish.
  • Useful related words include: unchurch, kick out, boot out, drum out.
  • In the example corpus, excommunicate often appears in combinations such as: to excommunicate, excommunicate the, excommunicate him.

Context around Excommunicate

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

supremacists 1× remained 1× shall 1×

Often after:

people 1× themselves 1× john 1× baptized 1× fulk 1× anyone 1×

Sentence patterns with Excommunicate

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

able to excommunicate people at 1× amish will excommunicate baptized members 1× depose and excommunicate the emperor 1× forced to excommunicate fulk and 1× he remained excommunicate for twenty 1× he to excommunicate them and 1× he would excommunicate anyone who 1× he would excommunicate the king 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a synod of 1× by 1209 the 1× cardinal simon was 1× evidently diotrephes is 1× he followed up 1× he remained excommunicate 1×

Common sentence endings:

and be drowned 1× death in 1106 1× decided to capitulate 1× group mcaleer explained 1× him as pope 1× into exile instead 1×

Words around Excommunicate

Just before it in the word index:

excomm 10 excom 2 exco 46 exclusivity 115 exclusivist 5 exclusives 89

Just after it in the word index:

excommunicated 106 excommunicating 10 excommunication 89 excommunications 10 excoriate 7 excoriated 25

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaditya 23 aardman 23 abbo 23 aberg 23 aboitiz 23 abovementioned 23

Corpus analysis for Excommunicate

  • In this selection, "excommunicate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, supremacists, remained, shall, people, themselves and john stand out and add context to how "excommunicate" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include able to excommunicate people at and amish will excommunicate baptized members. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "excommunicate" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with excommunicate

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Trilogy is listed as "further reading" on excommunicate. (8 words)

Under current law, an excommunicate is never vitandus. (8 words)

Cardinal Simon was ordered to excommunicate the King of France. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

He followed up with a bull that would excommunicate the king of France and put the interdict over France, and to depose the entire clergy of France, when in September 1303, a French delegation forcibly brought the pope to France. (40 words)

Mann, pg. 275 Although Benedict tried to bolster morale by encouraging the defenders from the walls of the city, as well as threatening to excommunicate the emperor and his army, the Romans soon decided to capitulate. (36 words)

A synod of clerics and scholars threatened to excommunicate him for these deaths, but St. Brendan of Birr spoke on his behalf with the result that he was allowed to go into exile instead. (34 words)

Example sentences (18)

Suspicious of Gregory’s intent, they refused to obey the Pope, and threatened to excommunicate him, were he to excommunicate them, and even to depose him as Pope.

Evidently Diotrephes is a pastor/elder, since he is able to excommunicate people at will.

White supremacists excommunicate themselves from friends, family and society when they join an extremist group, McAleer explained.

A synod of clerics and scholars threatened to excommunicate him for these deaths, but St. Brendan of Birr spoke on his behalf with the result that he was allowed to go into exile instead.

By 1209 the situation showed no signs of resolution, and Innocent threatened to excommunicate John if he did not acquiesce to Langton's appointment.

Cardinal Simon was ordered to excommunicate the King of France.

He followed up with a bull that would excommunicate the king of France and put the interdict over France, and to depose the entire clergy of France, when in September 1303, a French delegation forcibly brought the pope to France.

He remained excommunicate for twenty-six years until his death in 1106.

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In general, the Amish will excommunicate baptized members for failure to abide by their Ordnung (church rules) as it is interpreted by the local Bishop if certain repeat violations of the Ordnung occur.

Leo at once announced that he would excommunicate the king of France and release his subjects from their allegiance unless Francis I laid down his arms and surrendered Parma and Piacenza to the Church.

Mann, pg. 272 They refused to divorce, and Honorius was forced to excommunicate Fulk and his son-in-law and to impose an interdict upon their territories.

Mann, pg. 275 Although Benedict tried to bolster morale by encouraging the defenders from the walls of the city, as well as threatening to excommunicate the emperor and his army, the Romans soon decided to capitulate.

Nikos Kazantzakis commemorative coin Many Orthodox Church clergy condemned Kazantzakis' work and a campaign was started to excommunicate him.

Otherwise we shall excommunicate them and interdict within their territory all divine service except the baptism of infants and the administration of the last rites to the dying.

The Pope, however, announced that he would excommunicate anyone who attempted to do so, fearing that people might accidentally fall in and be drowned.

Trilogy is listed as "further reading" on excommunicate.

Unable to end the impasse Taddeo was horrified to hear the fathers of the Council solemnly depose and excommunicate the Emperor on 17 July, while absolving all his subjects from allegiance.

Under current law, an excommunicate is never vitandus.

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Common combinations with excommunicate

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "excommunicate" in a sentence?
An example: "Suspicious of Gregory’s intent, they refused to obey the Pope, and threatened to excommunicate him, were he to excommunicate them, and even to depose him as Pope." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "excommunicate" from authentic English texts.
What does "excommunicate" mean?
Excommunicate means: To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
What are synonyms of "excommunicate"?
Common synonyms of "excommunicate" include: unchurch, kick out, boot out, drum out, throw out, oust, communicate, shut. Plus 5 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "excommunicate" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "excommunicate", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.