excommunicate
Example Sentences
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He did this by threatening to excommunicate from the Church those bishops who refused to comply with his wishes.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025
“They just said, ‘Hey, let’s excommunicate her father.’
From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2022
“They can’t excommunicate me because I am not going anywhere,” she says.
From New York Times • May 22, 2020
That the Prince of Wales was heavily involved in the decision to excommunicate his brother is evidence of a monarchy in flux.
From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2019
Such a pair were once sent with bulls to excommunicate Barnabas Visconti, but Barnabas only made them eat their bulls—parchment, ribbons, leaden seals and all.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
