• (v. t.) To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence. • (n.) One excommunicated. • (v. t.) To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict. • (a.) Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/excommunicate/
Ex'com·mu'ni·cate adjective [ Latin excommunicatus , past participle of communicare to excommunicate; ex out + communicare . See Communicate .] Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church. -- noun One excommunicated. « Thou shal... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/83
Ex`com·mu'ni·cate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Excommunicated ; present participle & verbal noun Excommunicating .] 1. To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church,... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/83