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UNCHURCH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exclude from a church or a religious community

Example:

The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner

Synonyms:

curse; excommunicate; unchurch

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "unchurch" is one way to...):

exclude; keep out; shut; shut out (prevent from entering; shut out)

Verb group:

excommunicate (oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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