What is to put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence called?
excommunicate — To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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