excommunicating

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of expelling or excluding someone from a religious or social community.

  - "The church excommunicates members who violate its teachings."
  - "He was excommunicated from the gang for betraying a fellow member."

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Synonyms

disfellowship , takfir

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with excommunicating
communicating , isolating , relating

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Variants

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excommunicate , excommunicated , excommunicates , excommunicating , excommunicator , excommunicators

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Etymology

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From Latin excommunicare, meaning 'to ban from the community'.

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Trivia

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1. Excommunication was used extensively during the Protestant Reformation as a way to punish those who broke away from the Catholic Church.

2. In some cases, excommunication has been used as a political tool to gain leverage over opponents.

3. The term 'excommunication' is also used in the context of computer networks to refer to the practice of blocking access to a network or internet resource.

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Related Concepts

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1. Ostracism: A related concept to excommunication, ostracism refers to the practice of expelling someone from a community or group, often through a formal vote.

2. Shunning: Another related concept, shunning refers to the practice of deliberately avoiding contact with someone as a form of punishment or social pressure.

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Culture

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Excommunication has been used throughout history as a form of punishment for various offenses, particularly in religious communities. It can result in social isolation and stigma, and in some cases, it can have legal consequences.

How to Memorize "excommunicating"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a church council expelling a member, or imagine a group of people excluding someone from their community.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the idea of exclusion or banishment.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the word 'excommunicate' as 'to ban from the community'.

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