Sentences with 'excommunicate'
Example sentences and phrases with the word excommunicate and other words derived from it.
• « That same year, Napoleon annexed the Papal States in central Italy, prompting Pope Pius VII to excommunicate him. Predictably, this alienated many of his Catholic subjects. »
• « Because the Church had the ability to excommunicate people, or send a soul to hell forever, even monarchs feared to challenge its power. It was also the seat of all knowledge. »