excommunicate

Example Sentences

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Two excommunicated Spanish nuns who have joined a sect were held for allegedly selling cultural assets belonging to the Catholic Church from a convent they refuse to leave, a court said on Friday.

From Barron's

Closing the debate, Ms Armstrong said that since she first proposed the bill she had faced "allegations of being sectarian, threatened to be excommunicated from the church by some principals".

From BBC

By excommunicating Ms. Cheney from her position, however, Republican lawmakers have created a host of new problems for their party.

From New York Times

On Sunday, Hogan called the GOP "a circular firing squad" hellbent on excommunicating any member who dares utter a modicum of criticism against the former president.

From Salon

GOP officials who had the temerity to follow the law and count the November vote honestly, such as Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, have been all but excommunicated by their state Republican Party organizations.

From Washington Post