Excommunicate
(verb)
- Officially expel (someone) from the membership of a religious community.
- Officially exclude (someone) from the sacraments and services of the Church.
Origin:
Late middle english: from latin excommunicat- "put out of the community", from the verb excommunicare, from ex- "out of" + communicare "communicate".
Examples:
- The bishop excommunicated the priest for his unorthodox beliefs.
- The church excommunicated the members for their dissenting views.
- The sect excommunicated the member for breaking the rules.
- The religious leader excommunicated the person for apostasy.
- The religious leader excommunicated the person for heresy.