excommunicatory
Adjective: - Relating to excommunication: "excommunicatory" describes something that pertains to or has the effect of excluding someone from the communion of a church, especially as a formal punishment.
- (A formal order that excludes someone from church membership.)
- (His behaviour warranted a punishment of church exclusion.)
- (The text included terms that threatened excommunication.)
"excommunicatory measure": a formal action or policy that results in excommunication.
- The council voted to adopt an excommunicatory measure for those who openly defied doctrine. (A rule that would exclude violators from the church.)
"excommunicatory tone": a manner or style that suggests condemnation or exclusion.
- Her speech had an excommunicatory tone, criticizing all who disagreed. (Her words implied a desire to shun or reject others.)
Excommunication (n): the act of officially excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church.
- Excommunication was a severe penalty in medieval times. (Formal church exclusion was a harsh punishment.)
Excommunicate (v): to officially exclude someone from the Christian Church.
- The priest threatened to excommunicate the rebellious member. (To formally expel from church membership.)
Excommunicative (adj): tending to or involving excommunication (similar to excommunicatory).
- The excommunicative clause in the church law was rarely invoked. (The part of the law that allowed for excommunication.)
- Condemnatory: expressing strong disapproval or condemnation.
- Censuring: criticizing or expressing disapproval formally.
- Banning: prohibiting or excluding, often by official decree.
To put under the ban: to officially exclude or forbid, often in a religious context.
- The monk was put under the ban for his unorthodox teachings. (He was formally excluded from the community.)
To cut off from the church: to separate someone from religious fellowship.
- The reformer was cut off from the church for his radical views. (He was excommunicated.)