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Excommunicate

Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church.

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Curse 84% connected

To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

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Curse 84% connected

To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

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Unchurch 84% connected

To expel, or cause to separate, from a church; to excommunicate.

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Unchurch 84% connected

To expel, or cause to separate, from a church; to excommunicate.

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Exclude 76% connected

To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as,…

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Expel 76% connected

To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows.

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Oust 76% connected

See Oast.

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Shut 76% connected

of Shut

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Censure 74% connected

Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.

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Censure 74% connected

Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.

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Curse 92% connected

To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unchurch 92% connected

To expel, or cause to separate, from a church; to excommunicate.

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