Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - exclusivity

see exclusive EXCOMMUNICATE (excommunicates, excommunicating, excommunicated) If a Roman Catholic or member of the Orthodox Church is excommunicated, it is publicly and officially stated that the person is no longer allowed to be a member of the Church. This is a punishment for some very great wrong that they have done. Eventually, he was excommunicated along with his mentor... In 1766 he excommunicated the village for its ‘depraved diversion.’ VERB: be V-ed, V n • excommunication (excommunications) ...the threat of excommunication. N-VAR