EXCOMMU'NICATE, verb transitive [Latin ex and communico.] To expel from communion; to eject from the communion of the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence, and deprive of spiritual advantages; as, to excommunicate notorious offenders.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.