as in to banish
to not allow (someone) to continue being a member of a group and especially the Roman Catholic church
He was excommunicated from the church for his radical practices.
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Recent Examples of excommunicate
The Vatican excommunicated all known to be involved and said all those who come after are also considered excommunicated.
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Lisa Ling, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
Hazimi believes that those who excuse the religiously ignorant and fail to excommunicate Muslims who merit such treatment are themselves kaffirs.
—Vera Mironova, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2017
They might well have been excommunicated from the party.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
Former vice president Mike Pence is out — excommunicated from the MAGA movement for the sin of not trying to overturn the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021 — and someone else will soon be in.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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Lisa Ling, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
Hazimi believes that those who excuse the religiously ignorant and fail to excommunicate Muslims who merit such treatment are themselves kaffirs.
—Vera Mironova, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2017
They might well have been excommunicated from the party.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
Former vice president Mike Pence is out — excommunicated from the MAGA movement for the sin of not trying to overturn the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021 — and someone else will soon be in.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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Tribal leaders had banished Chasing Horse in 2015 from the reservation amid allegations of human trafficking.CBS News, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Those found guilty of habitual funny cowboy dancing are either executed or banished to the Desolate Zone, where they are forced to get jobs and raise families.Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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Unlike many other employees who bring discrimination cases, Hamby wasn’t fired, denied a raise, passed over for a promotion, downgraded in influence or exiled to another company office.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2024
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Nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, Dharamshala is best known internationally as the seat of the Dalai Lama, who has been based there since being exiled from Tibet in 1959.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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Total expenses excluding management fees increased to $438,982 from $238,942.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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The new district added Port Washington, more of Grafton and excluded chunks of the old district west of Menomonee Falls.Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
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The school expels him for a year for making a threat of mass violence.Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
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But immediately after voting to allow women to be members, the group expelled one who had lurked secretly in their midst for two years.Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
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This inflammatory rhetoric has alienated many in the District who use their Muslim faith to inform their voting, ostracized by one of their own.Suha Musa, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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Blas can see through the veil because those dismissive, racist remnants still exist: the shaming, the way he’s ostracized, the way he’s dismissed and ignored.Samantha Dunn, Orange County Register, 10 Sep. 2024
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His win completes one of the most remarkable comebacks in political history, just four years after voters ejected him from the office.Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Consider: Rams star receiver Puka Nacua was ejected for punching a Seahawks player after an interception.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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The company dismissed its previous auditor, Marcum Asia CPAs LLP, and engaged WithumSmith+Brown, PC as its new auditor.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
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Douglas, who was in the final year of his contract after being hired in 2019, was not consulted by Johnson when the owner made the decision to dismiss Saleh and replace him on an interim basis with defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich.Dennis Waszak Jr., Twin Cities, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Excommunicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excommunicate. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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