excommunicative

American  

[eks-kuh-myoo-ni-key-tiv, -kuh-tiv] / ˌɛks kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪ tɪv, -kə tɪv /

adjective

1. disposed or serving to excommunicate.

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Etymology

Origin of excommunicative

First recorded in 1815–25; excommunicate + -ive

Example Sentences

He was one of the many men who admired Mrs. Errington while wondering at her narrow and excommunicative disposition.

From Tongues of Conscience by Hichens, Robert Smythe

This is that Henry IV., whose scene at Canossa with the Pope—Kaiser of the Holy Roman Empire waiting three days in the snow to kiss the foot of excommunicative Gregory—has imprest itself on all memories.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)