Poets . . . were excommuned Plato's common wealth

Gayton.

Ex`com*mu"ni*ca*ble (?), a. [See Excommunicate.] Liable or deserving to be excommunicated; making excommunication possible or proper. "Persons excommunicable ." Bp. Hall.

What offenses are excommunicable ?

Kenle.

Ex`com*mu"ni*cant (?), n. One who has been excommunicated.

Ex"com*mu"ni*cate (?), a. [L. excommunicatus, p. p. of communicare to excommunicate; ex out + communicare. See Communicate.] Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church. -- n. One excommunicated.

Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate.

Shak.

Ex`com*mu"ni*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excommunicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Excommunicating (?).] 1. To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence.

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