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excommunicate

/verb eks-kuh-myoo-ni-keyt; noun, adjective eks-kuh-myoo-ni-kit, -keyt/US // verb ˌɛks kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪt; noun, adjective ˌɛks kəˈmyu nɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt //UK // RC Church //

绝罚,绝交,绝食,绝育

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v.有主动词 verb
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    ex·com·mu·ni·cat·ed, ex·com·mu·ni·cat·ing.

    • : to cut off from communion with a church or exclude from the sacraments of a church by ecclesiastical sentence.
    • : to exclude or expel from membership or participation in any group, association, etc.: an advertiser excommunicated from a newspaper.
n.名词 noun
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    • : an excommunicated person.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : cut off from communion with a church; excommunicated.

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Examples

  • In Poland, it’s almost impossible for openly LGBTQ people to remain an active part of the Roman Catholic Church, which, according to activists, excommunicates people who are openly LGBTQ.

  • Beyond that, Cheney seems to be placing a bet on the long term — the idea that, even if she’s excommunicated from House GOP leadership and loses her seat in Congress, she might eventually emerge better for it.

  • Petrey said that he is not aware of a mental health professional who has been excommunicated for issues directly related to their work.

  • Although Weinstein has been excommunicated from the industry, some of his less controversial campaigning practices remain.

  • They don’t excommunicate people who could help rebuild a majority.

  • Even after she left its barbed bosom, it did its best to further excommunicate and sideline her.

  • Jewish and world leaders privately asked him to excommunicate Hitler, but he declined to do so.

  • And rather than fight with them, they'll just excommunicate and ignore him, which half of them have already done anyway, probably.

  • But he gave to the clergy the exclusive right to excommunicate, and to regulate the administration of the sacraments.

  • He could depose prelates and excommunicate the greatest personages; he enjoyed enormous revenues; he was vicegerent of the Pope.

  • The Pope allowed him to excommunicate the persons who occupied his estates, but not the King himself.

  • This mans wedding-business was so extensive and so scandalous, that the Bishop of London found it necessary to excommunicate him.

  • Yonder holy man of a bishop, who sleeps not far from you, gorged with wine and meat, might excommunicate you if he heard you!