as in banished
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 excommunicated
Wednesday's ceremony came 38 years to the day after Lefebvre was excommunicated alongside those four bishops — including Bishop Alfonso de Galarreta, who led Wednesday's consecrations and was again excommunicated Thursday.
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Noah Labelle,
NPR,
2 July 2026
Six bishops and hundreds of priests belonging to the society have been excommunicated.
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Chas Newkey-Burden,
TheWeek,
2 July 2026
Vatican decree targeted bishops and faithful In a decree, the Vatican excommunicated the four new bishops and the two existing SSPX bishops who participated in the ceremony.
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Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
In a decree, the Vatican excommunicated the four new bishops and the two bishops who participated in the ceremony.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
The Vatican said on July 2 that priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo's approval were in schism with the wider Church and now excommunicated.
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Joshua McElwee,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Many of those on the list were members of Table Rock Church, which had excommunicated the couple.
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Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Apr. 2026
Viganò — who though excommunicated, is allowed to keep his Archbishop title — has been present on the set of the sequel that is currently doing exterior shoots in various locations south of Rome.
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Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2026
The fraternity's national parent organization also excommunicated the chapter.
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Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
20 Feb. 2026
Noah Labelle,
NPR,
2 July 2026
Six bishops and hundreds of priests belonging to the society have been excommunicated.
—
Chas Newkey-Burden,
TheWeek,
2 July 2026
Vatican decree targeted bishops and faithful In a decree, the Vatican excommunicated the four new bishops and the two existing SSPX bishops who participated in the ceremony.
—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
In a decree, the Vatican excommunicated the four new bishops and the two bishops who participated in the ceremony.
—
ABC News,
2 July 2026
The Vatican said on July 2 that priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo's approval were in schism with the wider Church and now excommunicated.
—
Joshua McElwee,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Many of those on the list were members of Table Rock Church, which had excommunicated the couple.
—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Apr. 2026
Viganò — who though excommunicated, is allowed to keep his Archbishop title — has been present on the set of the sequel that is currently doing exterior shoots in various locations south of Rome.
—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2026
The fraternity's national parent organization also excommunicated the chapter.
—
Lucia Cheng,
Des Moines Register,
20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excommunicated
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Catlett was banished from the United States for what her art had to say.
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There’s no chance Cannes Lions will be the next one banished from the game if this year is anything to go by.
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Nearby sits a family of Chaldean Christians exiled from Iraq—an anxious archeologist, his pregnant radiologist wife, and his imperious mother, who bought a bulletproof Maybach to transport her daughter-in-law to the hospital for the delivery.
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Additionally, religious community leaders were imprisoned or exiled.
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Employers can contribute up to $2,500 per year under an employer contribution program, and that amount counts toward the $5,000 cap but is generally excluded from the employee’s taxable income when structured through that employer program.
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As previously discussed, thousands of children of Americans abroad are excluded from the initial $1,000 seed deposit because of narrow citizenship and residency definitions.
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Charles scored in the semi-final against Middlesbrough before Tonda Eckert’s side was expelled from contention by the English Football League for attempting to spy on their opponents.
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Any college student who supports the organizations will be immediately expelled.
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At the same time, sports stars such as the former tennis champion Martina Navratilova—a lesbian who is a longtime LGBTQ-rights campaigner—have been ostracized after speaking in favor of restricting the women’s category to biological females.
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Their rivals were a candid, impudent pair, the schoolgirlish Shakira and a throaty American bottle-service girl named Toni, both incapable of conniving their way into romance, prone to heartbreak, and swiftly ostracized for their overt judgment of other islanders.
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Cubs manager Craig Counsell was ejected for arguing a replay reversal in the seventh.
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As striking is that of the last five — Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Starmer — just one, Sunak, was ejected by voters in a general election.
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Interviewed following his win on ESPN, the 42-year-old Chestnut dismissed, more or less, the impact of today’s 92 degree New York heat on the proceedings.
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The nonprofit, which alleged the county violated the Surplus Lands Act by not first exploring affordable-housing development at the site, still has not dismissed its lawsuit.
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