excommunicatory
[ eks-kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
/ ˌɛks kəˈmyu nɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /
adjective
relating to or causing excommunication.
Origin of excommunicatory
First recorded in 1675–85;
excommunicate +
-ory1
Words nearby excommunicatory
excogitate,
excommunicable,
excommunicate,
excommunication,
excommunicative,
excommunicatory,
excoriate,
excoriation,
excorticate,
excrement,
excrementitious
Example sentences from the Web for excommunicatory
He had reviled “the Church,” and they at once caught “the excommunicatory fever.”
John Knox and the Reformation |Andrew Lang