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excommunicate
verb[ T ]
uk /ˌek.skəˈmjuː.nɪ.keɪt/ us /ˌek.skəˈmjuː.nə.keɪt/
When the Christian Church, especially the Roman Catholic Church, excommunicates someone, it refuses to give that person communion and does not allow them to be involved in the Church.（尤指罗马天主教）开除…的教籍，把…逐出教会
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excommunication
A man whom the Church had excommunicated was buried in the cemetery of a German convent.
I expect one would be immediately excommunicated as a heretic.
She was afraid of being found out and excommunicated.
The pope excommunicated the king.
They duly excommunicated each other, and the Latin Church was rent in twain.
excommunicate | American Dictionary
excommunicate
verb[ T ]
us/ˌek·skəˈmju·nɪˌkeɪt/
(of the Christian Church, esp. the Roman Catholic Church) to refuse to allow someone to be a member of the church
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