unchurch

Verb

Meaning

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

To deprive of the character, privileges, and authority of a church.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

curse excommunicate remove ban exclude dismiss bust expel eject denounce depose oust banish cashier disbar
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Antonyms

provide allow guide accept benefit promote
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Hypernyms

shut exclude shut out keep out

Related terms

dechurch

Examples

Of course, money will do after its kind, and will steadily work to unspiritualize and unchurch the people to whom it was bequeathed. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

unchummy unchunkable unchunked unchurched unchurchlike unchurchliness